Transcript Common Core Standards - West Hartford Public Schools

Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) Overview
September, 2013
What are the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)?
K-12 academic standards in mathematics and English
language arts/literacy adopted by the CT State Board of
Education and by states across the country in 2010.
Establish what students should understand, know,
and be able to do as they progress through grades K12
Will be implemented in both mathematics and
English-language arts in grades K-5 this year
The Common Core State Standards:
• Are clear, consistent, and high-level based on
research and evidence
• Align with college and career expectations
• Include rigorous content and application of
knowledge through higher order thinking skills
• Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards
• Are informed by other top-performing countries so
that all students are prepared to succeed in our global
economy and society
How will the Common Core Standards impact
what your child is learning this year?
Our revised English-Language Arts curriculum provides:
• Balance of literature and literary non-fiction
• More time reading increasingly complex text
• Opportunities for discussion/academic discourse
• Wide range of writing tasks appropriate to purpose and
audience (opinion, narrative, and informational)
• Writing to inform or share opinions using text evidence
• Literacy as part of science and social studies/history with
increased focus on academic vocabulary
Organization of Common Core for
English-Language Arts:
Anchor Standards
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Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
Refer to Curriculum in a Nutshell documents
for grade-specific standards
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How will the Common Core Standards impact
what your child is learning this year?
Our revised mathematics curriculum provides:
• Greater focus and coherence based on learning progressions
• Solid foundation in both concepts and skills/procedures with:
– Whole numbers (K-5)
– Addition/subtraction (K-5)
– Multiplication/division (3-5)
– Fractions (3-5)
– Decimals (5)
• Focus on understanding and fluency = efficiency, accuracy,
flexibility
How will the Common Core Standards impact
what your child is learning this year?
• Experience with varied mathematical practices in which
students develop expertise at all grade levels
Components of a Balanced Mathematical Approach
Organization of Common Core
for Mathematics
• Standards for Mathematical Practice
– Describe mathematical habits of mind & proficiencies at all grade levels
– Support student progress toward mastery of content standards at all
grade levels
• Grade Level Standards for Mathematical Content
– Grade K-8 standards organized by domain (e.g. Geometry)
Refer to Curriculum in a Nutshell documents
for grade-specific standards
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How will the Common Core impact how
your child’s progress will be assessed?
Student progress will be assessed through
• unit-based assessments and checkpoints
• classwork
• teacher observation
• other classroom-based performance
measures
Report cards for language arts and mathematics
will reflect the new standards
Will your child take the
Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) this year?
• Grade 5 – Science CMT
• Grades 3-5 – Math, Reading, Writing (format for state
testing to be determined)
Districts are awaiting information from the CT State Dept of
Education regarding plan for state-mandated assessments for
spring 2014, whether CMT or computer-based assessments
aligned with Common Core.
• State testing will move to a computer-based format in
in 2014-2015
Where can you find out more about the
Common Core State Standards?
Curriculum in an Nutshell documents at each grade
level highlight CCSS-aligned curriculum revisions
Link on West Hartford Public Schools website
www.whps.org (under “For Parents” tab)
http://whps.org/for_parents/the_common_core/
www.corestandards.org