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PDE UpdatesCommon Core and Chapter 4

Common Core State StandardsPolitical Winds• Common Core• PA Common Core• PA CoreAssessments in PA• No National Assessments• PSSA – Grades 3-8: 2014-2015 school year• Keystones – Currently Aligned

KeystonesCurrently• Algebra I• Biology I• LiteratureIf funding permits – already a year behind…• English Composition 2015-2016• Civics and Government 2016-2017• Geometry – 2016-2017• US History 2017-2018• Algebra II – 2018-2019• Chemistry – 2019-2020• World History – 2010-2021

Chapter 4 Approved by the State Board

Regulatory Process – 6 months?Current 9th graders – new graduation requirementsKeystones required for graduationPA Common Core now PA Core

NCLBPDE issued new waiverOnly impacts Title I schoolsAYP vs. AMO’sAMO’s• Attendance/Graduation• All category of students closing the achievement gap AND• Historically Underperforming students closing the achievement gap

Waiver - SPPSchool Performance Profile• Achievement Outlined for Federal Accountability • Growth measures• SAT/ACT• AP Courses

Questions?Update at the state or federal level that needs further clarification?Something you still wonder?

Common Core State

Standards

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CCSS

National Governors

Association for Best Practices

(NGA)Council of Chief

State School Officers (CCSSO)

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

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English Language Arts and Literacy

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Common Core State Standards

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Text-Dependent Questions

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acy.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

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Text-Dependent Questions

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Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.

Vocabulary

Math

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Fluency

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Application

Dual Intensity

Focus:Clarity/Specificity

Coherence

Standards For MATHMETICAL

CONTENT (SMC)

Standards For MATHEMATICAL

PRACTICES (SMP)

Two Emphases in Mathematics!

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

Reason abstractly and quantitatively

Construct viable arguments/Critique the reasoning of others

Model with mathematics

Use appropriate tools strategically

Attend to precision

Look for and make use of structure

Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoningStandards for Mathematical Practice

ELA

Anchor Standards: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening,

Language

Categories

Grade-Specific Standards:

Reading (Foundational Skills, Literature, Informational Text), Writing, Speaking

and Listening, and Language

STRUCTURE of ELA Standards

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Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

Measurement and Data (MD)Standard

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Structure of Math Standards

TWO Locations to Access the CCSS!

Common Core State

Standards Initiative

PA Core Standards

CCSSO (Our Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession, 2012):

In 2011, many states were still in the early stages of implementing college- and career-ready student standards. These standards reflect a growing consensus about what students should know and be able to do in a dynamic world where our students are persistently compared to and compete against students across the United States, and from other countries that have their own common standards and high levels of student achievement. As states progressed with their implementation, a growing concern arose among principals that they were not prepared to support teachers in achieving higher levels of effective practice. And there was also concern by teachers that they were not prepared for teaching to the rigor of higher standards and did not possess the strategies and approaches necessary for successful implementation of college- and career-ready standards.

Implications for Higher Education

CCSSO (Our Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession, 2012):

A learner-ready teacher is one who is ready on day one of his or her career to model and develop in students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed today including:

the ability to think critically and creatively, to apply content to solving real world problems, to be literate across the curriculum, to collaborate and work in teams, and to take ownership of their own continuous learning.

Implications for Higher Education

What can teacher preparation programs do to support the expectations of

college and career readiness?

Question for Higher Education