Tennessees Common Core Standards South Gibson County High
School Parent Information Session
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Overview: Tennessees Common Core Standards What? Why? How?
Questions?
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What are the Common Core Standards? Set of grade-by-grade
learning expectations: Math English/Language Arts Literacy (Reading
and Writing) All can be viewed at www.corestandards.org Content for
Social Studies, Science, CTE, Fine Arts, and others will still come
from Tennessee standards
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Math: A look at the standards
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English/Language Arts: A look at the standards
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Literacy: A look at the Standards
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Why do we need higher standards? Tennessees Competitiveness
Only 21% of adults in TN have a college degree TN ranks 46 th in 4
th grade math and 41 st in 4 th grade reading nationally 54% of new
jobs will require post- secondary education Only 15% of high school
seniors in TN are college ready
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Previous Transitions January 2008 Tennessee receives an F from
the US Chamber of Commerce in rigor and approves Tennessee Diploma
Project standards Spring 2010 Students take new TCAP aligned to new
standards, and scores take a hit Spring 2011 TCAP scores begin to
rise Spring 2015 Student assessments fully aligned with CCSS
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Tennessees Common Core Standards The Common Core State
Standards will strengthen teaching and learning with standards that
are: Focused, coherent, clear, and rigorous Internationally
benchmarked Anchored in college and career readiness Evidence- and
research-based
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How are we implementing Tennessees Common Core Standards? 3rd
year of implementation in Tennessee Extensive teacher training and
professional development Pilot assessments All grade levels fully
implemented and assessed in 2014-2015
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Instructional Shifts MATH: 1. Focus strongly where the
Standards focus 2. Coherence : think across grades, and link to
major topics within grades 3. Rigor : require conceptual
understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application with
intensity. ELA: 1.Building knowledge through content-rich
nonfiction and informational texts 2.Reading and writing grounded
in evidence from text 3.Regular practice with complex text and its
academic vocabulary
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Getting Ready for PARCC Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness in College and Careers www.parcconline.org Will replace
the EOC/TCAP tests in Math and English EOC/TCAP will remain for
Science and Social Studies
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Getting Ready for PARCC Performance-based component will be
taken after student has completed 75% of a course (Math &
English only) End-of-year component will be taken at the end of
semester EOCs for Social Studies and Science will continue on
current timeline & schedule
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Math: PARCC Sample Item
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English/Language Arts: PARCC Sample Item
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Getting Ready for PARCC Shift away from completely multiple
choice More emphasis on supporting answers with explanations and
evidence Writing Assessment Last year, but redesigned to better
prepare students Constructed Response Assessments Math assessment
designed to prepare students Field-test for PARCC