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California Common Core Standards (CCCS)

Two New Acronyms

CCCS/CCSSCalifornia Common Core StandardsThese are now our “official” standards

But we have 3 or 4 years for transition

Also known as CCSS (Common Core State Standards)

46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards

What are the benefits of the CCSS?

Internationally benchmarked Student expectations are clear to parents,

teachers, and the general public Allows for collaboration with other states

on best practices, instructional materials, and professional development

Reduces costs to the state

The Common Core State Standards

To date, forty-six states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a consistent set of English language arts (ELA) and mathematics expectations that students need to meet to succeed in college and careers

States have committed to implement the new standards by the 2014-15 school year

This is an aggressive timeline that will require a strategy that draws on state policymakers, district and school officials, and classroom teachers to ensure a successful and efficient implementation and transition

Grounding: 1997

Schools are Improving

Changing World

School Improvement

Goal for School Improvement

Changing World

School

Improvement

Overarching Goals for K-12 CCSS

Ensure that our students are:• Meeting college and work expectations• Prepared to succeed in our global economy

and society• Provided with rigorous content and

applications of higher knowledge through higher order thinking skills.

The CCSS Build Upon the Strengths and Lessons of Current State Standards

California’s Additional 15%

Based on the following criteria:Substantively enhanceAddress a perceived gapBe defensible to classroom

practitionersKeep the original standard

intactEnsure the rigor of California’s

existing standards is maintained

Why did we make this change?

To ensure that our students areMeeting college and work

expectationsPrepared to succeed in a global

economy and societyProvided with rigorous content and

application of higher knowledge thinking through higher order thinking skills

The Common Core Paradigm Shift

Emphasis is on the answer

Emphasis is on the learning process

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Focused Lesson

Guided Instruction

Collaborative Learning

Independent Tasks

Teacher Responsibility

Student Responsibility

I do it

We do it

You do it together

You do it alone

Answers are Part of the Process, They are Not the Product

The product is the student’s knowledge and know-how.

The ‘correctness’ of answers is also part of the process. Yes, an important part.

Wrong answers are part of the process, too

What was the student thinking?

Was it an error of haste or a stubborn misconception

CCCS

Student Thinking Matters!!

College, Career Readinessand Citizenship Survival Skills

Critical thinking and problem solving

Collaboration

Agility and adaptability

Initiative and entrepreneurism

Effective oral and written communication

Accessing and analyzing information

Curiosity and imaginationFrom The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills our Children Need – And What We Can Do About it by Tony Wagner (Basic Books, 2008)

The Common Core and California’s 6.5%

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects

+ 6.5%

Sections include:

English Language Arts K-5

English Language Arts 6-12

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Design and Organization

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards

Reading 10 Standards

Reading Foundational Skills 4 Standards (Grades K-5 only)

Writing 10 Standards

Speaking and Listening 6 Standards

Language Standards 6 Standards

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (Grades 6–12 only)

What’s Different in ELA?

Current ELA domains: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and written and oral language conventions.

CCCS strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language

What did CA add to ELA CCSS?

Formal presentations, Grades 1-12

Penmanship, Grades 2-4

Career and consumer documents for writing in Grade 8

Analysis of text features in informational text, Grades 6-12

CCCS Advances for ELA

Balance of literature and information text

Text complexity

Emphasis on argument and explanatory writing

Writing about sources

Inclusion of formal and informal talk

Stress on vocabulary—general academic and subject specific

What did CCSS add to CA ELA?

Vocabulary standards

Standards for “collaborative discussions”

Literacy standards for history/social studies, science, and technical subjects Embedded in K-5 In Grades 6-12 these are a separate set--expectation

is these will be shared between ELA teachers and teachers in history/social studies and science

Emphasis on Informational Text

Distribution of Literary and Informational Passagesby Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework

Grade Literary Information

4 50 50

8 45 55

12 30 70

+ 15%Common Core and California’s 15%

Mathematics

The Standards for Mathematical Practices

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively3. Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others4. Model with mathematics5. Use appropriate tools strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for and make use of structure8. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

CCSS for Mathematics

Standards for Mathematical Practice• Carry across all grade levels.• Describe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student.

Standards for Mathematical Content• K-8 standards are presented by grade level• High school standards are organized by conceptual themes:

Number and Quantity Algebra Functions Modeling Geometry Statistics and Probability

K-5 Domains

Domains Grade Level

Counting and Cardinality K Only

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

1-5

Numbers and Operations in Base 10

1-5

Numbers and Operations – Fractions

3-5

Measurement and Data 1-5

Geometry 1-5

Middle Grades

Domains Grade Level

Ratio and Proportional Relationships

6-7

The Number System 6-8

Expressions and Equations 6-8

Functions 8

Geometry 6-8

Statistics and Probability 6-8

High School

Arranged by cluster (not course)Number and quantityAlgebraFunctionsModelingGeometryProbability and Statistics

What’s different in math?

More similarities than differencesSome shifts in grade level for some skillsOrganization of the standards

By grade level through Grade 8 Algebra 1 Clusters of standards for 9-12

Two options for eighth graders 8th grade math Algebra I

What did CA add to Math CCSS?

Calculus and AP Probability and Statistics

Operations and Algebraic Thinking additions in Grades 2 and 5

Measurement and data additions in Grades 2

Grade 6--the Number System

What did CCSS add to CA Math?

2 Options for Eighth GradersAlgebra 1Eighth Grade CC Math Standards

K-7 standards augmented to prepare for either option

Clearer grade-to-grade organization

Assessment Timeline

Two assessments are being developedCurrent STAR was scheduled to sunset in

2012-13Budget constraints pushed STAR

extension to 2013-2014New assessment could be administered in

2014-15 and piloted the year beforeCalifornia is now part of the Smarter

Balanced Assessment Consortium -- SBAC

Last 12 weeks of year*

DIGITAL CLEARINGHOUSE of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools.

Scope, sequence, number, and timing of interim assessments locally determined

PERFORMANCETASKS

• Reading• Writing• Math

END OF YEARADAPTIVE

ASSESSMENT

English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 – 8 and High School

Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks

INTERIM ASSESSMENT

Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks

INTERIM ASSESSMENT

Optional Interim assessment system — no stakes

Summative assessment for accountability

The SBAC System

Testing Item Types

Constructed-response

Selected response (End-of-year)

Performance tasks

Computer-enhanced

Video, multimedia, interactive text

How can I get the CCCS?

Download them at http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.ht

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Timelines

Timeline 1 Frameworks: May

2013 Instructional

Materials: November 2014

Timeline 2 Frameworks: May

2015 Instructional

Materials: November 2017

Next Steps for Implementation

Standards Messaging and Awareness – Build understanding

 Impacting the Teaching and Learning Cycle

Teachers need time and space to work collaboratively across grade levels and curricular areas to make meaning of the new standards-based learning expectations

Standards-Based Reporting

Align systems for staff evaluation and support

Resources

Full text of the Common Core California Standards: http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.html (Outside Source)

Information about the common core: http://www.corestandards.org/ (Outside Source)

Information about the common core including implementation timelines: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/

SBAC information: www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER (Outside Source)

Center for K-12 and Performance Management at ETS: http://www.k12center.org/publications.html (Outside Source)

Orange County Department of Education:http://commoncoreca.ocde.us/Standards/CDE.htm