1. California Common Core Standards
CCCS = California Common Core Standards

2. Federal Purpose for Common Core Standards
Common Core standards corresponds with the original NCLB timeline of 2014
Students need real world skills for college and the workforce
Standards address international competition, equity and collaboration

3. Steps in Development of CCS
The development of these National Common Core Standards included:
Parents
Educators
Content Experts
Researchers
National Organizations
Community leaders from 48 states
Input from top performing countries – Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Finland, England, India
Each state is required to start with the National Common Core standards as written.

4. California Common Core Standards
California adopted the Common Core (National) in August CCS
California inserted15% of current state standards into CCS
Final set for California are called California Common Core Standards or CCCS

5. California Common Core Standards
Aligned with college and work force expectations
Clear, understandable, and consistent
Rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills
Recognition of the strengths and lessons of current state standards

6. CCCS for ELA and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects
ELA standards focus equally on fiction and non- fiction
Inclusion of Listening and Speaking Standards in ELA for all students
Stronger description of standard English conventions and language vocabulary acquisition
Separate set of literacy standards for content courses (6th – 12th) which focus on communication, reading and writing skills required for college and career success

7. CCCS for Mathematics CCCS standards for mathematics:
Focus on the Mathematical Practice Standards K-12
Develop Conceptual Understanding
Emphasis on Mastery
Balance mathematical understanding and procedural skill
Focus on Fractions
Are internationally benchmarked

8. CCCS Standards for Mathematical Practice K-12
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

9. 8th Grade Algebra
CCS (National) do not have Algebra as an 8th grade standard; rather embedded throughout grade levels
California CCS (State) included the 8th Grade Algebra course current state standards to the CCCS
Two pathways in the CCCS for 8th grade
8th grade Algebra
8th grade Mathematics

10. High School Mathematics
Standards are listed as conceptual categories rather than courses.
Number and Quantity
Algebra
Functions
Modeling
Geometry
Statistics and Probability

11. High School Mathematics Pathways
HS pathways could be:
Course specific (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, etc)
Grade level specific with conceptual categories woven through each level (9th grade, 10th grade, etc)
State is still deciding if this is a state or local decision as to pathway options for students

12. Standard of Modeling
Links classroom mathematics and statistics to everyday life, work and decision-making.
A model can be very simple, or quite complex.
Modeling is best interpreted not as a collection of isolated topics but rather in relation to other standards.
Examples:
Design the layout of the stalls in a school fair so as to raise as much money as possible.

13. Standards Correlations for CCCS
It is not recommended that districts do a one to one correlation when adopting the CCCS
In order to highlight the differences in depth and rigor – see handout 2
Emphasis on: gathering information, synthesizing information, communicating information, using technology and strong critical analysis skills

14. Accountability System
The CCCS are expected to be implemented by
CST will be replaced with a national exam in
National assessments will be administered in grade 3-8 and once in high school
New national exams are being developed by two major organizations:
Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC) – Washington State
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) - Florida

15. New Accountability System
Assessment will also include documentation that students are on track to become college and career ready.
Assessments are proposed to be NWEA “like”, assessing 4 times a year and computer based and project based.
Federal government is challenging all states to develop (if they have not already) a growth model rather than a proficiency model of assessment.
California currently has a growth model.

16. Next Steps for SCUSD
Create awareness of CCCS with parents, community members, teachers and students
Remain informed about state timeline and guidelines for lifting the suspension on framework development and instructional materials adoptions
Continue to promote and enhance Performance Based Assessments currently being used in our district (i.e. MAC, MS Science PBA, Physics PBA, Writing PBAs K- 12) because they are similar in nature to the expected National Exam -

17. Next Steps for SCUSD
Provide Professional Development for teachers and administrators around CCCS
Begin now to teach academic language used in CCCS which is not currently in the state standards
Develop curriculum teams to revise pacing guides for CCCS in SCUSD
Prepare and plan for enhanced technology needs
We have begun to provide Professional Development for teachers and administrators
During these sessions we are encouraging teacher to begin to teach any new academic language used in the CCCS which is not currently used in our state standards.
Develop curriculum teams of teachers to revise pacing guides for SCUSD
Since there is a heavy emphasis on technology, we also need to prepare our classrooms and schools and students for this demand.