Vaulting into the Future

Reaching Higher with the Common Core

The Demand 2018

62% of new jobs available in 2018 will require some postsecondary

education.  Without a dramatic change of course, U.S. employers will be unable to fill 3 million of these

positions.

(Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce).

The Reality

The Response

College and Career Readiness Measures

Increased Testing RigorComputer Based Delivery

Model

What we do know…

Common Core

Computer Based Testing

What are Common Core State Standards?

K-12 academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy.

Developed by a consortium of states and states voluntarily choose to adopt them

Aligned to the expectations of two and four year colleges and have been internationally benchmarked

Ensure comparability across states, districts and schools

Why Common Core State Standards?

Clearer and deeper curriculum Focused on results Outline what students learn, not

how they learn Learn more about Indiana’s

Common Core State Standards at http://doe.in.gov/commoncore

Students who meet the Indiana common core state standards…

Key Skills - Students

Computer Skills

Examples of what is to come…

Evidence Based Writing

Extended Response Item

Key Math Skills

Mathematics Reasoning

Evidence Based Writing

2002 Essay PromptWhat is one important goal

you would like to achieve in the next few years? In your essay, identify that one goal and explain how you plan to achieve it. Use your personal observations, experience, and

knowledge to support your essay.

2014 Extended ResponseWhile Dr. Silverton’s speechoutlines the benefits of cloudseeding, the editorial identifiesdrawbacks of this process.In your response, analyze boththe speech and the editorial todetermine which position isbest supported. Use relevantand specific evidence fromboth sources to support yourresponse.

Extended Response Item

Reasoning Through Mathematics

Now – 2002Ms. Nguyen is a real estate agent. One of her clients is considering buying a house in the Silver Lakes area, where 6 houses have recently sold for the following amounts: $160,000; $150,000; $185,000; $180,000; $145,000; $190,000.

What should Ms. Nguyen report as the Median price of these houses?

Key Skills - Educators

What does this mean for you?

Adjust teaching strategies and modify curriculum to ensure your students are

prepared to meet increased testing rigor and higher level of thinking

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating

Benjamin Bloom, 1954; recast in 1990s by L. Anderson, et al.

Design, Develop, Innovate

Judge, Value, Defend

Compare, Contrast, Test

Demonstrate, Interpret, Solve

Classify, Explain, Recognize

Define, Repeat, Recall

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating, Synthesizing, Innovating

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

Bloom’s TaxonomyA Workforce Model

Bloom’s Verb Wheels

Activity:Brainstorming Using Bloom’s

Summary

• Focus on what we do know– Common Core– CBT

• Bloom’s Taxonomy• Look out for future professional development

– Common Core– Integrating Technology