1. FAN MEETING NOVEMBER 27

2. CORE Background 8 Districts: Long Beach Los Angeles Fresno Sanger Clovis Sacramento City San Francisco Oakland

3. Common Core Standards Adopted in August 2010 Led by the Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association State directed initiative Drafting process included teachers and content experts from across the country Focus on college and career readiness Math and English Language Arts

4. English-Language Arts Standards are: (1)research and evidence based, (2)aligned with college and work expectations, (3)rigorous, (4)internationally benchmarked, and (5)intended to be a living work: as new and better evidence emerges, the Standards will be revised accordingly A particular standard was included in the document only when the best available evidence indicated that its mastery was considered essential for college and career readiness in a twenty- first-century, globally competitive society.

5. ELA Standards Cont. 4 Strands: Reading, Writing, Language, Listening/Speaking College and Career Readiness (CCR) standards for 12 th grade were developed first as “anchor standards” “Anchor Standards” then serve as the basis for the development of specific grade level standards

6. Math Standards built on progressions narrative documents describing the progression of a topic across a number of grade levels informed both by research on children's cognitive development and by the logical structure of mathematics the progressions were spliced together and then sliced into grade level standards

7. Math Standards Cont. Standards for Mathematical Practice describe the attributes of mathematically proficient students As students move through the grade levels, the math practices stay the same….much like the anchor standards for ELA The 8 Practices include both processes and proficiencies with longstanding importance in math education

8. SMARTER Balanced Assessment system in use by 2014-2015 Summative: adaptive, benchmarked to college and career readiness Interim: flexible, teacher developed Formative tools and practices: online resources and modules Question types will include selected response, constructed response and performance tasks

9. Information Processing Increasing in rigor Information Processing Increasing in rigor Cognitive Ramp Performance Task Essay, story, script Display, models, design Oral presentation Scoring Rubric Performance Task Essay, story, script Display, models, design Oral presentation Scoring Rubric Cognitive Demand Design Elements Item C Item B Item A Stimulus Text Graphs Photos, media Artistic Presentation Etc. Stimulus Text Graphs Photos, media Artistic Presentation Etc. Low Mid High Smarter Balance Performance Task Specifications

10. Questions and Comments Shannah Estep Curriculum Integration Manager California Office to Reform Education (CORE) shannah@caedpartners.org