1. Common Core State Standards CCSS

2. Presentation Objectives
TLW:
understand the development process and design of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
become familiar with the ELA components of the CCSS
become familiar with the Math components of the CCSS
understand the CCSS assessment development and timeline for implementation
be able to locate CCSS website resources
discuss and develop an implementation plan for the CCSS at the building level

3. CCSS Development
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), committed to developing a common core of state K-12 English-language arts (ELA) and mathematics standards.
48 states supported the concept
40 states have officially adopted them
External and state feedback teams provided on-going feedback to writing teams throughout the process
Revisions made in response to feedback
Final standards released June 2, 2010
Michigan State Board of Education adopted in June 15, 2010

4. CCSS are: Aligned with college and work expectations
Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society
Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards
Based on evidence and research
Robust and relevant to the real world
Focused and coherent
Fewer, clearer, and higher standards (???)

5. The Common Core State Standards do NOT define:
How teachers should teach
All that can or should be taught
The nature of advanced work beyond the core
The interventions needed for students well below grade level
The full range of support for English Language Learners and students with special needs
The assessment framework

6. Along with CCSS,
• Educators must be given resources, tools, and time to
adjust classroom practice.
• Instructional materials needed that align to the
standards.
• Assessments must be developed to measure student
progress.
• Federal, state, and district policies will need to be
reexamined to ensure they support alignment of
the common core state standards with student
achievement.

7. Design and Organization
Content standards define what students should understand and be able to do
Clusters are groups of related standards
Domains are larger groups that progress across grades
Domain
Cluster
Standard 7 7 7

8. Common Core State Standards CCSS - Math

9. Design and Organization
Eight Mathematical Practices
Carry across all grade levels
Describe habits of mind of a mathematically
expert student

10. CCSS - Eight Standards for Mathematical Practice
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

11. Design and Organization
State Standards for Mathematical Content
K-8 standards presented by grade level
Posters available At
Address label stickers At

12. Design and Organization
State Standards for Mathematical Content
Organized into domains that progress over
several grades

13. Fractions, Grades 3–6
3. Develop an understanding of fractions as numbers.
4. Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
4. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
4. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
5. Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
5. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
6. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.

14. Design and Organization
State Standards for Mathematical Content
Grade introductions give 2–4 focal points at each grade level

15. Focal points at each grade level

16. Design and Organization
State Standards for Mathematical Content
High school standards presented by conceptual theme

17. High School Conceptual themes in high school Number and Quantity
Algebra
Functions
Modeling
Geometry
Statistics and Probability

18. CCSS and GLCE Comparisons
Two Resources:
Michigan Department of Education
Michigan Council of Mathematics
Documents are called “Crosswalks”
Long form and short form

19. Common Core State Standards CCSS - Assessment

20. Race to the Top Assessment Competition
Assessment Consortia
Development of an infrastructure and content for a common assessment in measuring CCSS in English Language Arts and Mathematics
Two consortia
SMARTER/Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) 20

21. Michigan - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
Governing States
Advisory States
CT, HI, ID, KS, ME, MI,
MO, MT, NC, NM, NV, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV 17
AL, CO, DE,GA, IA, KY, NH, NJ, ND, OH,OK, PA SC, SD 14

23. Assessment Update
A new assessment system will be implemented in and will be based on the work of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
This will be a ‘system of formative and summative assessments, organized around Common Core standards, that
support high-quality learning and the demands of accountability
balance concerns for innovative assessment with the need for a fiscally sustainable system that is feasible to implement’ 23

24. Assessment Prototype 19 Multiple Choice questions
3 Constructed Response questions
18 Technologically Enhanced
2 Performance Events
Possibly scored by local teachers first

27. Timeline for transitioning
Getting to know the CCSS/Alignment work
2010 MEAP/2011MME remain the same
State focus will be on technical assistance
Implementation of CCSS in classrooms
2011 MEAP/2012 MME remain the same
State focus will be on instruction/professional development
2012 MEAP minimally modified as necessary to reflect the CCSS
2013 MME remains the same
State focus will be on student learning
2013 MEAP based on 2012 model
2014 MME remains the same
State focus will be on preparing for new assessments from SMARTER Consortium
Full implementation: Instruction and assessment based on CCSS
Other issues: PA 80, CTE and Algebra II 27

28. Resources Michigan Department of Education
Common Core State Standards Initiative
Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability
Summative Multi-state Assessment Resources for Teachers and Educational Researchers
Michigan’s Mission Possible
Website for CCSS posters

29. Two words…
Rigor
Relevance