Transcript CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

CT State Department of Education
Core Beliefs
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CT State Department of Education: Core Beliefs
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Common Core State Standards
& Smarter Balanced
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What are the Common Core State Standards?
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Common Core: Content Areas and Instructional Shifts
Common Core: English language arts and Literacy
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Common Core Instructional Shifts: ELA
• Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and
informational texts
Why are the instructional shifts in English language arts (ELA) important?
1. Much of our knowledge base comes from informational text.
2. Informational text makes up a vast majority of required reading in
college/workplace (80%).
3. Informational text is harder for students to comprehend than narrative text.
In K-5, fulfilling the Standards requires a 50-50 balance between informational
and literary reading, informational reading primarily includes content rich nonfiction in history/social studies, science and the arts; the K-5 standards strongly
recommend that students build coherent general knowledge both within each
year and across years.
In 6-12, ELA classes place much greater attention to a specific category of
informational text—literary nonfiction—than has been traditional. In grades 612, the Standards for literacy in history/social studies, science and technical
subjects ensure that students can independently build knowledge in these
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disciplines through reading and writing.
Common Core Instructional Shifts: ELA
• Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from
text, both literary and informational
The Standards place a premium on students writing to sources (i.e., using
evidence from texts to present careful analyses, well-defended claims, and clear
information). Rather than asking students questions they can answer solely
from their prior knowledge or experience, the Standards expect students to
answer questions that depend on their having read the text or texts with care.
The Standards also require the cultivation of narrative writing throughout the
grades, and in later grades a command of sequence and detail will be essential
for effective argumentative and informational writing.
Likewise the reading standards focus on students’ ability to read carefully and
grasp information, arguments, ideals and details based on text evidence.
Students should be able to answer a range of text-dependent questions,
questions in which the answers require inferences based on careful attention to
the text.
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Common Core Instructional Shifts: ELA
• Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
The Standards build a staircase of text complexity so that all students are ready
for the demands of college- and career-level reading no later than the end of
high school. Students will read complex texts on their own and gather evidence,
knowledge, and insight from those texts. read and reread passages, and
respond to a series of text dependent questions, vocabulary and/or syntax
tasks.
Closely related to text complexity—
and inextricably connected to
reading comprehension—is a
focus on academic vocabulary:
words that appear in a variety of
content areas.
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Common Core Instructional Shifts: Math
• Focus Strongly where the Standards focus
Significantly narrow the scope of content and deepen how time and energy is
spent in the math classroom—move away from "mile wide, inch deep"
curricula.
Focus deeply only on what is emphasized in the standards, so that students
gain strong foundations—teach less, learn more.
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K – Counting, Sequencing, Value, Measurement
1st & 2nd – Adding, Subtracting-Whole numbers & Quantity
3rd – Multiplication, Division, Fractions
4th, 5th – Fractions…moving to ratios at the very end
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Mathematics: Traditional U.S. Approach to Math
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Mathematics: Common Core Approach to Math
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Common Core Instructional Shifts: Math
• Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within
grades
Carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can
build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.
Begin to count on solid conceptual understanding of core content and build on it.
Each standard is not a new event, but an extension of previous learning.
Fraction example:
“The coherence and sequential
nature of mathematics dictate the
foundational skills that are necessary
for the learning of algebra. The most
important foundational skill not presently
developed appears to be proficiency with fractions
(including decimals, percents, and negative
fractions). The teaching of fractions must be
acknowledged as critically important and
improved before an increase in student
achievement in algebra can be expected.”
Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008, p. 18)
Grade 3 Example: The standards make
explicit connections at a single grade
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Common Core Instructional Shifts: Math
• Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding,
procedural skill and fluency, and application
The CCSSM require a balance of:
 Solid conceptual understanding—Teachers support students’ ability to
access concepts from a number of perspectives so that students are able
to see math as more than a set of mnemonics or discrete procedures.
 Procedural skill and fluency—Teachers structure class time and/or
homework time for students to practice core functions such as singledigit multiplication so that students have access to more complex
concepts and procedures.
 Application of skills in problem solving situations—Teachers provide
opportunities for students to apply math in context. Teachers in context
areas outside of math, particularly in science, ensure that students are
using math to make meaning of and access content.
This requires equal intensity in time, activities, and resources in pursuit of all
three.
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Required Mathematics Fluencies in K-6
Grade
Standard
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K.OA.5
Add/subtract within 5
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1.OA.6
Add/subtract within 10
2.OA.2
Add/subtract within 20 (know single-digit sums from memory)
2.NBT.5
Add/subtract within 100
3.OA.7
Multiply/divide within 100 (know single-digit products from memory)
3.NBT.2
Add/subtract within 1000
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4.NBT.4
Add/subtract within 1,000,000
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5.NBT.5
Multi-digit multiplication
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6.NS.2,3
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Required Fluency
Multi-digit division
Multi-digit decimal operations
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What is Smarter Balanced?
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What is Smarter Balanced?
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Smarter Balanced: ELA Content Specifications
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Smarter Balanced: Math Content Specifications
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College- and Career-Ready
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A New Way of Doing Business
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Implementation Timeline
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Tools for Common Core Implementation
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Tools for District and School Leaders
Student Achievement Partners
An excellent source for all things Common Core that may help district and school leaders in
the implementation of Common Core.
• Essential actions and CCSS-aligned tools for school and district leaders, which exist within a
system of implementation and shouldn’t be considered as a sequential checklist
• New Professional Development modules that are ready-to-use and include PowerPoints,
videos, facilitator’s instructions, and hands-on activities—ideal for PD workshops,
professional learning communities, and self-study.
• Aligning Materials and Curriculum—Tools for evaluating and developing Common Corealigned materials, as well as free Common Core-aligned resources
• CCSS Evidence Guides: Common Core-aligned practice made clear—These tools provide
specific guidance for what the CCSS for ELA / literacy and math looks like in planning and
practice; they are designed as developmental tools for teachers and those who support
teachers. Use the Evidence Guides for:
• Teacher self-reflection
• Peer-to-peer observation and feedback
• Instructional coaching
• Common Core Resources for Parents—Materials developed for parents of K-12 students
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Tools for District and School Leaders
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
• This checklist is a good starter list to use as an informational guide on some of the most
critical steps to complete in preparation for implementing the Common Core. It will help
school leaders identify areas of strengths and needs by checking tasks completed and
making notes about implementation and improvement
Smarter Balanced
• It is important to evaluate which computers within your schools and district meet the
Smarter Balanced System Requirements Specifications in order for you to administer the
assessment system in the 2014-15 school year.
• A Technology Readiness Calculator is available to help schools and districts estimate the
number of days and associated network bandwidth required to complete Smarter
Balanced assessments– all you need to do is enter the number of students, number of
computers, and number of hours per day that computers are available for testing.
• An easy way to do this is by checking your district profile on the Technology Readiness Tool
to ensure that the most current and accurate data is captured.
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Tools for Teachers
Teaching Channel
• Math teachers in grades K-2. The math standard covered is Math.2.NBT.1a, Math.2.NBT.2,
Math.Practice.MP5
• Math teachers in grades 3-5. The math standard covered is Math.4.NBT.B.6
• Math teachers in grades 6-8 The math standard covered is Math.8.EE.8c, Math.8.SP.1, and
Math.8.SP.2.
• Math teachers in grades 11-12. The math standard covered is Math.S.ID.1, Math.S.ID.2,
Math.S.ID.
• English language arts teachers in grades 6-8. The ELA standards covered are ELA.L.7.4,
ELA.RL.7.2.
• English language arts teachers in grades 8. The ELA standards covered are ELA.SL.8.3,
ELA.SL.8.4, ELA.SL.8.5
• English language arts teachers in grades 9-12. The ELA standards covered are ELA.RL.1112.5
• English language arts teachers in grades 9-12. The ELA standards covered are ELA.RH.6-8.1
Additional videos: Here is a video that may be helpful for teachers who want to use video to
improve practice. Here is a video that may be helpful for teachers who want to include
student-run lesson. Here is a video that may be helpful for teachers and leaders who want to
explore new ways of helping students learn difficult vocabulary. Here is a video that may be
helpful for teachers who want to help students use the SIFT method to analyze literature.
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Tools for Teachers
Science, Social Studies, and Other Subjects
• Science: In a process managed by Achieve, with the help of the National Research Council,
the National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, states are developing the Next Generation Science Standards.
More information about this effort can be found here.
• World Languages: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages published a
crosswalk document of the National Standards for Learning Languages with the ELA
Common Core State Standards. More information about this effort can be found here.
• Arts: The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards is leading the revision of the National
Standards for Arts Education. More information about this effort can be found here.
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) has released a report
summarizing discussions that took place during a convening of English as a Second
Language (ESL) teachers and administrators, experts, and thought leaders, which provided
a forum for ESL teachers to speak about the Common Core State Standards and discuss
their role in implementation.
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Tools for Teachers
Smarter Balanced
• Similar to the CSDE Common Core aligned Practice Assessment, the Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) has last week released sets of example test
questions for grades 3–8 and 11 in both English language arts/literacy and mathematics.
The Smarter Balanced Practice Tests provide a preview of the types of questions that will
be featured in the summative assessment beginning in 2014-15, including selectedresponse items, constructed-response items, technology-enhanced items, and
performance tasks—extended activities that challenge students to apply their knowledge
and skills to respond to real-world problems. The Practice Tests do not include all the
features of the operational assessments; for example, although Smarter Balanced
assessments will be computer adaptive, the Practice Tests follow a fixed-form model. Also,
unlike the CSDE Common Core aligned Practice Assessment, students and teachers will not
receive reports or scores from the Smarter Balanced Practice Tests. We encourage districts
to take advantage of this tool as it will help students and parents become more familiar
with assessment items found on the 2015 Smarter Balanced assessment.
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