November 12, 2013General PTA Meeting

Common Core State Standards

(CCSS)Overview

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Timeline of Standardized Testing

CA adopts CA Content Standards

California Standardized Testing

1961: Required instructional standards throughout the state; mandated statewide examinations.1962-1971: State-approved list of published tests.1972: California Assessment Program (CAP).1993: California Learning Assessment Systems (CLAS).1997: Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR).1999: California Standards Tests (CSTs).1999: ELA and math (augmented items from Stanford Achievement Test- SAT/9).2001: History-social science and science (grades 9-11).2004: Science (grade 5).2006: Science (grades 8 and 10).2001: California English Language Development Test (CELDT).2003: California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA).2004: Standard-based Test in Spanish (STS).2006: California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).2008: California Modified Assessment (CMA).

History of CCSS

• National State Governors Association• Council of Chief State School Officers

– Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Work groups and feedback groups composed of representatives from higher education, K–12 education, business community, researchers, civil rights groups, and the states.– Ensure students have a seamless transition from high school to

college.

– Builds on the standards-based process.

Overarching Goals for K-12 CCSS

• Ensure that our students are:– Meeting college and work expectations.– Prepared to succeed in our global economy and

society.– Provided a vision of what it means to be

an academically literate person in the twenty-first century.

– Provided with rigorous content and applications of higher knowledge through higher-order thinking skills.

• Provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn.– Enables teachers and parents to know what to do to

help.

Which States Have Adopted?

http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states

California Adoption

• "The California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted by the California State Board of Education on August 2, 2010, following rigorous review and augmentation by the California Academic Content Standards Commission." (O'Connell, 2010).

What Do Employers Want?

• Problem-Solving Skills• Quick Learners• Ability to Analyze/Interpret Data• Oral Communication Skills• Motivation• Self-Starter• Written Communication Skills• Job-Specific Computer Skills• Teamwork Attitude• Innovative Thinking

What skills will your children need to know to be

successful in the 21st century workforce?

Mean Earnings by Level of Highest Degree (DOLLARS) 2010 CENSUS

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Mean Earnings $21,023 $31,283 $32,555 $39,506 $58,613 $70,856 $99,697

Not a High School Grad

High School Grad Only

Some College, No Degree

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's DegreeDoctorate

Degree

“These Standards are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business. They are a call to take the next step. It is time for states to work together to build on lessons

learned from two decades of standards based reforms. It is time to recognize that

standards are not just promises to our children, but promises we intend to

keep.” (CCSS, 2010, p.5)http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf

What’s Different?

• Rigor• Application of learning to real-

world situations• Technology and media sources• Justification and evidence• Communication/collaboration• Expository reading and writing• Research

What Does English Language Arts and Literacy Focus On?

• Conceptual understanding• Number sense in elementary• Multiple solutions• Justifying answer• Explaining your thinking• Success in algebra and higher-level

mathematics• Application to real world situations

NOT one right answer!

What Does Mathematics Focus On?

Assessment

• Assessments will begin in 2014-15.• California is a governing state in the

SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium.

• Assessments will include the following:– Computer Adaptive Assessments

(Interim and Summative)– Performance Assessments (Interim and

Summative)• Selected Response• Constructed Response• Extended Performance Assessments

– Retake Option (Summative)

CST Released Test Questions

Grade 4 - ELA

Grade 9 - ELA

SBAC Selected Response (SR)

Key Data Systems

SBAC Constructed Response (CR)

Key Data Systems

SBAC Technology Enhanced (TE)

SBAC Performance Task(PT)

Selected Response (SR) Items

Non-Traditional (SR)

How can families support their children in the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

Six Key Shifts in Literacy in Common Core

Informational text. Do you encourage your child to read as much nonfiction as fiction? Do you discuss ideas in nonfiction texts?

Close reading of complex texts.

Do you read challenging texts with your children and help them see the value of the information?

Text-based answers and evidence.

Do you ask your children to show evidence from the text when answering questions?

Writing from sources with evidence.

Do you encourage your child to write using evidence and details from multiple texts?

Academic vocabulary. Do you talk to your children using academic language?

Digital literacy. Do your children use technology and media as a learning tool?

“There are many dispositions that we want children to acquire and strengthen--- to be curious, creative, cooperative, friendly, helpful, and hard working. These dispositions, however, cannot be learned from instruction. Dispositions are probably learned primarily from being around people who have them and who exhibit them.”

Lillian Katz, ProfessorEarly Childhood Education

University of Illinois

Six Key Shifts in Mathematics in Common Core

Focus What is the priority work for your child at his/her grade level?

Coherence What did your child struggle with last year and how it will affect learning now?

Fluency

Has your child memorized the basic facts? Does your child spend time practicing lots of problems on same idea?

Deep UnderstandingDoes your child really KNOW why the answer is what it is?

Application Do you encourage your child to DO the math that comes up in daily life?

Dual IntensityDoes your child practice the math facts he/she struggles with? Does your child think about math in real life?