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Pennsylvania
Common Core Standards &
Student Assessments Changes
What Momentum is There for the Initiative?
48 states, the District of
Columbia, and two territories
have signed on to the National
Common Core State Standards
Initiative
(PA is one of the states, and has
made minor revisions)
Why is This Important for
Students, Teachers, and Parents?
 Prepares students with the knowledge and
skills they need to succeed in college and
work
 Ensures consistent expectations regardless
of a student’s zip code
 Provides educators, parents, and students
with clear, focused guideposts
Why Now?
 Disparate standards across states
 Student mobility
 Global competition
 Today’s jobs require different skills
Criteria for the Standards
 Fewer, clearer, and higher
 Aligned with college and work expectations
 Include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through high-order skills
 Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards
 Internationally benchmarked, so that all students are
prepared to succeed in our global economy and society
 Based on evidence and research
PA Common Core Curriculum
 http://www.pdesas.org/Standard/Common
Shifts in English Language Arts
 Argumentative writing, emphasis on evidence
 Expository writing (frequent short research pieces)
 Increase in % of informational text--50% in third
grade to 70% in HS, (note it is the whole HS
experience not just English class)
 Increase in the complexity of texts
Shifts in Math
 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.
 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
them.
 Use appropriate tools strategically.
 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
 Attend to precision.
 Look for and make use of structure.
 Look for and make sense of regularity in repeated
reasoning
Assessment 2012- 13
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Grades 3-8 Mathematics and Reading PSSA
Grade 12 PSSA retest in October
Grades 3-8 & 11 Mathematics and Reading PASA
Grades 5 & 8 Writing PSSA
Grades 4 & 8 Science PSSA
Grades 4, 8 & 11 Science PASA
No PSSA-M
Grades 3-5 Stand-alone Writing Field Test
Keystone Exams
 Algebra I, Literature, Biology
Assessment 2012- 13
 Essentially the assessments and the content
focus of the assessments is the same as last
year.
2012-13
 Grades 3-5 Stand-
alone Writing
Field Test
 Offered paper/pencil only
 Results will be used to
implement a writing component
into the proposed Grades 3-5
English Language Arts (ELA)
assessment.
2013-14
 Grades 3-5 English Language Arts PSSA (PA CC)
 Grades 3-5 Mathematics PSSA (PA CC)
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Grades 6-8 Mathematics and Reading PSSA
Grades 3-8 & 11 Mathematics & Reading PASA
Grade 8 Writing PSSA
Grades 4 & 8 Science PSSA
Grades 4, 8 & 11 Science PASA
Grades 6-8 Stand-alone Writing Field Test
Keystone Exams
 Algebra I, Literature, Biology
 Composition Field Test
2013-14
 Grades 3-5 Math
and English
Language Arts
PSSA
 Based on
Assessment
Anchor Content
Standards aligned
to PA Common
Core Standards
 Includes a writing component
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An area not previously assessed at
grades 3 & 4
 Offered on-line & paper/pencil
2013-14 Red = Alert
 Assessments Based on
PA Common Core
Standards are being
designed to match the
expected growth in
reading, math, thinking
and reasoning
2013-14 Red = Alert
 Assessments Based on
PA Common Core
Standards are being
designed to match the
expected growth in
reading, math, thinking
and reasoning
2013-14 Red = ELA Example
 Current PSSA type
 Read the passage below
and answer questions 1214 regarding the authors
purpose.
2013-14 Red = ELA Example
 Current PSSA type
 Read the passage below
and answer questions 1214 regarding the authors
purpose.
 Common Core PSSA
type
 Read the two passages
below and compare and
contrast the authors
purpose in each passage.
2013-14 Red = Math Example
 Current PSSA type
 Subtract 15 from 45 and
divide by 3.
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B.
C.
D.
15
10
5
None of the above
2013-14 Red = Math Example
 Current PSSA type
 Subtract 15 from 45 and
divide by 3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
15
10
5
None of the above
 Common Core PSSA
type (5th Grade)
 What mathematical
expression is equivalent
to the number sentence
below?
 Subtract 15 from 45 and
divide by 3?
2013-14
Grades 4 & 8
Science PSSA
 Based on current Assessment
Anchor Content Standards
 Offered on-line and
paper/pencil
Common Core Curriculum
Plan for the Year
 Summer Work
 August
 PD Plan
 End of Year 1
Common Core Curriculum
Writing
 Plan
 Model
 Practice
 Benchmarks for the Year
More Information
 Visit www.corestandards.org
 Sign up for Common Core State Standards updates:
www.ccsso.org/whats_new/newsletters/commoncoreupdates.html