Common Core Update George Manthey, Ed.D. ACSA Assistant Executive Director Educational Services September 2010

Who Started This? Council of Chief State School Officers National Governors Association Center for Best Practices 48 States participated in the the effort of creating the Common Core More information 

Why? To bring alignment to what students should learn from state to state Provide clear and consistent guidelines for college and career readiness To reduce costs and allow states to pool resources

How common are they? So far 37 states have adopted the Common Core.

In California, of course, We’ve got an Uncommon Common Core Academic Content Standard Commission recommended a supplemented Common Core State Board approved their recommendations on August 2, 2010 CA supplemented with CA ELA and Math Standards not already included in Common Core We’re calling our new standards the California Common Core Standards (CCCS) CCCS includes only ELA and Mathematics

How can I get the CCCS? Download them at  Purchase ACSA’s Standard Finder 8.2 (not quite yet available)  Standard Finder 8.1 includes the Common Common Core, but not the CCCS

What’s Different in ELA? Current ELA domains: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and written and oral language conventions. CCCS strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language CCCS has greater emphasis on  text complexity  reading and writing across the curriculum  emphasize informational text  Focus in writing on arguments and drawing evidence

What did CA add to ELA CC? Formal presentations, Grades 1-12 Penmanship, Grades 2-4 Career and consumer documents for writing in Grade 8 Analysis of text features in informational text, Grades 6-12

What did CC add to CA ELA? Vocabulary standards Standards for “collaborative discussions” Literacy standards for history/social studies, science, and technical subjects  Embedded in K-5  In Grades 6-12 these are a separate set--expectation is these will be shared between ELA teachers and teachers in history/social studies and science

What’s different in math? More similarities than differences Some shifts in grade level for some skills Organization of the standards  By grade level through Grade 8  Algebra 1  Clusters of standards for 9-12 Two options for eighth graders

What did CA add to Math CC? Calculus and AP Probability and Statistics Operations and Algebraic Thinking additions in Grades 2 and 5 Measurement and data additions in Grades 2 Grade 6--the Number System

What did CC add to CA Math? 2 Options for Eighth Graders  Algebra 1  Eighth Grade CC Math Standards  K-7 standards augmented to prepare for either option Clearer grade-to-grade organization

What is the Implementation Timeline? It’s being developed by CDE and SBE Current adoption cycle  Math  Framework, January 2012  Materials adoption, August 2014  Materials available, December 2014  ELA  Framework, January 2014  Materials adoption, August 2016  Materials available, December 2016 Use current materials until these dates

How about Assessment? CA is in a 26 state consortium to create new assessments  Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Current STAR sunsets in New assessment could be administered in and piloted the year before Info at 

What should we do now? Be aware that we have adopted the California Common Core Standards for ELA and Math Know that the CDE and SBE are developing a timeline for implementation  This timeline will hopefully be approved at the November 2010 SBE meeting Understand that good teaching with current standards will also lead to high levels of learning with the new standards Realize that county offices are taking the lead in developing resources for the transition to CCCS

Where can I learn more? Sacramento County Office Information and Support for the Common Core Standards  Most of the information in this presentation was prepared from their Frequent Q & A

ACSA’s Standard Finder is being updated to show alignment between CCCS and previous CA standards

Contact Information George Manthey ACSA 1575 Bayshore Highway Burlingame, CA ACSA (2272)