CCRS Implementation Update

Fall 2012

Outcomes for the Day

Participants will:• Receive information on SDE Plan 2020,

Assessment, and Accountability• Identify Key Shifts in the ELA Standards• Gain awareness of new Literacy Standards

Implementation Timeline

August 2012 – The 2010 Math Course of Study (CCRS) implemented for all Grades K-12.August 2013 – The 2010 ELA Course of Study (CCRS) implemented for all Grades K-12 and Literacy Standards in History, Science & Technical Subjects

ALABAMA COLLEGE- & CAREER-READY STANDARDS & SUPPORT WEBSITE

www.alex.state.al.us/ccrs

Alabama State Board of Education

PLAN 2020

Our VisionEvery Child a Graduate – Every Graduate Prepared

forCollege/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century

Prepared Graduate Defined Possesses the

knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation.

Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner.

Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities

ALABAMA’S2020

LEARNERS

ALABAMA’S2020

PROFESSIONALS

ALABAMA’S2020

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

ALABAMA’S2020

SCHOOLS/SYSTEMS

Alabama’s 2020 Learners

Objectives

1. All students perform at or above proficiency and show continuous improvement (achievement/growth).

2. All students succeed (gap closure).

3. Every student graduates from high school (grad rate).

4. Every student graduates high school prepared (college and career readiness).

Plan 2020 STRATEGIES for Learners

Develop and implement a unified PreK through college and career readiness plan.

Develop and adopt college- and career-ready aligned standards in all subject areas.

Create and implement a balanced and meaningful assessment and accountability system.

ARMT and ACT

• If scores on the ACT will be the determinant of college/career readiness, what is the correlation between ARMT scores and the ACT?

• If we correlate ACT and ARMT Level III and IV the correlation is less than .5

ACT BenchmarksSubject Area Test ACT Benchmark

English 18Reading 21Mathematics 22Science 24

ACT College Readiness Benchmarks are scores on the ACT subject area tests that represent the level of achievement required for

students to have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in corresponding credit-bearing

first-year college courses.

The Background of the Common CoreAccording to ACT,

Inc.

Alabama’s Students18% of 2012 ACT-Tested High School

Graduates met College Readiness Benchmarks in all four subject areas.

3% of Minority Students met the College Readiness Benchmarks in all four subject areas.

Monroe County Students

Assessment

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System

Implementation Timeline 2012-13 School Year

Grades K-2 Grades 3-7 Grades 8-12End-of-CourseAssessments

College-and Career-Ready Assessments

Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments (LEA Determined)

ARMT+ (Grades 3-8)

English 9English 10Algebra IGeometryBiology(AHSGE Gr. 11-12)

EXPLORE (Gr. 8)PLAN (Gr. 10)

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System

Implementation Timeline 2013-14 School Year

Grades K-2 Grades 3-7 Grades 8-12End-of-CourseAssessments

College-and Career-Ready Assessments

Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments (LEA Determined)

New English 11Algebra IIChemistryU.S. HistoryPLUSEnglish 9English 10Algebra IGeometryBiology(AHSGE Gr. 11-12)

EXPLORE (Gr. 8)PLAN (Gr. 10)ACT Plus Writing (Gr.11)

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System Implementation Timeline

2014-15 School Year

Grades K-2 Grades 3-7 Grades 8-12

End-of-CourseAssessments

College-and Career-Ready Assessments

Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments (LEA Determined)

New English 12PrecalculusPhysics PLUSEnglish 11Algebra IIChemistryU.S. HistoryPLUSEnglish 9English 10Algebra IGeometryBiology(AHSGE Gr. 11-12)

EXPLORE (Gr. 8)PLAN (Gr. 10)ACT Plus Writing (Gr.11)

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System Implementation Timeline

2015-16 School Year

Grades K-2 Grades 3-7 Grades 8-12

End-of-CourseAssessments

College-and Career-Ready Assessments

Formative/Interim/Benchmark Assessments (LEA Determined)

New English 12PrecalculusPhysics PLUSEnglish 11Algebra IIChemistryU.S. HistoryPLUSEnglish 9English 10Algebra IGeometryBiology(AHSGE Gr. 11-12)

EXPLORE (Gr. 8)PLAN (Gr. 10)ACT Plus Writing (Gr.11)WorkKeys (Gr. 12)

Focus on Formative, Interim, and Benchmark Assessment

• State purchased Global Scholar – available this school year

• Aligned with CCRS• Two Series

– Achievement – all grade levels and subjects; online or paper/pencil

– Performance – computer adaptive test; diagnostic, student placement, growth, recommended instructional adjustments

Accountability

Differentiated and Customized Support and Intervention System

11 teams composed of SDE; IHE; OSR; AASCD

Partner with LEAs for planning Two purposes

• Provide resources and support as you transition to the CCRS

• Provide specific and precise support around 2-3 priorities that are LEA determined

Regional Planning Teams (RPT)

Differentiated Support

Available to provide on site or regional support for CCRS transition

Regional Support Staff (RSS)

Differentiated Support

The Background of the Common Core

English Language Arts and Content Literacy:

The Key Shifts

College and Career Ready Standards Implementation TeamQuarterly – Session 1

Comparing Strands in the ELA Standards

2007 COS 2010 COS

ReadingLiterature

Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextReading Foundations (K- 5)

Writing and Language WritingLanguage

Research and Inquiry (Reading Informational Text)(Writing)(Reading Literature)

Oral and Visual Communication

Speaking and Listening

Three Key Shifts in ELA/Literacy

1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts.

2. Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

Shift #1: Content-Rich NonfictionGrades Literary Informational

K-5 50% 50%

6-8 45% 55%

9-12 30% 70%

• Students learning to read should exercise their ability to comprehend complex text through read-aloud texts.

• In grades 2+, students begin reading more complex texts, consolidating the foundational skills with reading comprehension.

• Reading aloud texts that are well-above grade level should be done throughout K-5 and beyond.

Reading, Writing and Speaking Grounded in Evidence from Text:

Why?• Most college and workplace writing requires evidence.

• Ability to cite evidence differentiates strong from weak student performance on NAEP

• Evidence is a major emphasis of the ELA Anchor Standards: Reading Standard 1, Writing Standard 9, Speaking and Listening standards 2, 3 and 4, all focus on the gathering, evaluating and presenting of evidence from text.

• Being able to locate and deploy evidence are hallmarks of strong readers and writers.

Regular Practice With Complex text and Its Academic Language: Why?

• Gap between complexity of college and high school texts is huge.

• What students can read, in terms of complexity is the greatest predictor of success in college (ACT study).

• Too many students are reading at too low a level.(<50% of graduates can read sufficiently complex texts).

• Standards include a staircase of increasing text complexity from elementary through high school.

• Standards also focus on building general academic vocabulary so critical to comprehension.

1. 50:50 info text to lit (K-5)

2. 70:30 info text to lit (6-12)

3. Appropriately complex text

4. Text-dependent questions

5. Writing to inform/argue based on evidence

6. Academic vocabulary vs. domain-specific vocabulary

ELA & Literacy: 6 Shifts Condensed into 3 Shifts

1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts.

2. Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text.

3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary.

Literacy Standards: History/Social Studies, Science, and

Technical Subjects (6-12)• Integrated model of literacy• Strands are closely connected• Strands are foundational to every disciplinary content area

Big Idea: “Reading and writing are about thinking and

making meaning essential to understanding any content area”.