1. Mathematics Department Update
Trina Gillet
Supervisor of Mathematics and Science

2. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
Common Core State Standards
Curriculum work and assessments
Algebra
Next steps

3. In-depth Focus Intensity
PARCC Guidelines: Problems worth doing – Multi-step and contextual
In-depth Focus
Major content and fluency expectations
Intensity
Going “deeper” – connecting content and math practices

4. CCSS Required Shifts Focus Coherence Rigor Major grade-level content
Linking of major topics within and across grades
Rigor
Conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application

5. Standards ProgressionK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Geometry
Measurement and Data
Statistics and Probability
Number and Operations in Base Ten
The Number System
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Expressions and Equations
Counting and Cardinal-ity
Number and Operations-Fractions
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Functions

6. Deliberate Approach Adopting Instructional Materials
Go Math! K-2
Go Math! Grades 3-6
Curriculum Revision
Summer 2013
Kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2
Grade 7, grade 8 and Algebra I
Summer 2014
Grade 3, grade 4, grade 5 and grade 6
Assessment development and on-going data analysis
Three times a year K-8 and Algebra I

7. Algebra Importance of Algebra Cornerstone of secondary mathematics
College and career success
Thoughtful consideration for placement “access for all”

8. Improving algebraic thinking
Understand patterns, relations and functions
Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols
Use math models to represent and understand quantitative relationships

9. Algebra Readiness Timing and cognitive development
Capacity for higher-level thought processes, organizational skills and maturity
Transition from concrete to abstract
Multiple measures of data

10. Next Steps Analyzing data at every grade level
Ensuring Algebraic readiness throughout all grades
Adjusting curriculum appropriately based on student performance