Common Core State Standards & MTSS

Brevard Public SchoolsProfessional Development DayFebruary 18, 2013

What’s with the Letters?

Making Connections: How do these initiatives support student success?

Florida’s Common Core State Standards Implementation Timeline

Year/Grade Level K 1 2 3-8 9-122011-2012 FL L L L L

2012-2013 F L F L L L L

2013-2014CCSS fully implemented

F L F L F L B L B L

2014-2015CCSS fully implemented

and assessed

F L F L F L F L F L

F - full implementation of CCSS for all content areasL - full implementation of content area literacy standards including: (1) text complexity,

quality and range in all grades (K-12), and (2) CCSS Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6-12)

B - blended instruction of CCSS with Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS); last year of NGSSS assessed on FCAT 2.0

The End in MindPurposeful instruction starts with teachers knowing the desired

outcomes.

What students will:

Know facts, details, terms, how-to, strategies

Understandgeneralized statements about the concept that will continue to develop throughout lifelong learning

Do actions the students will take to demonstrate their learning

Shifts in ELA/ LiteracyShift 1 Balancing Informational

& Literary TextStudents read a true balance of informational and literary texts.

Shift 2 Knowledge in the Disciplines Students build knowledge about the world (domains/ content areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities

Shift 3 Staircase of Complexity Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading.

Shift 4 Text-based Answers Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text.

Shift 5 Writing from Sources Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument.

Shift 6 Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.

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• Concepts of Print (K-1)

• Phonemic Awareness (K-1)

• Phonics (K-5)

• Fluency (K-5)

English Language Arts: Reading Foundational Skills

Common Core in ELA/Literacy• Teaching Channel Vid

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Shifts in MathematicsShift 1 Focus Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of how time and energy is

spent in the math classroom. They do so in order to focus deeply on only the concepts that are prioritized in the standards.

Shift 2 Coherence Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.

Shift 3 Fluency Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with simple calculations; teachers structure class time and/or homework time for students to memorize, through repetition, core functions.

Shift 4 Deep Understanding

Students deeply understand and can operate easily within a math concept before moving on. They learn more than the trick to get the answer right. They learn the math.

Shift 5 Application Students are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for application even when they are not prompted to do so.

Shift 6 Dual Intensity Students are practicing and understanding. There is more than a balance between these two things in the classroom – both are occurring with intensity.

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Common Core in Math• Teaching Channel Vid

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Now… a Non-Example• Common Core - How

it Doesn't Look!

How might CCSS implementation impact a

school’s MTSS?

PARCC Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11

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End-of-Year Assessment

• Innovative, computer-based items

Performance-BasedAssessment (PBA)

• Extended tasks• Applications of concepts

and skills

Summative,Required assessment

Interim, optional assessment

Diagnostic Assessment• Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD

ELA - Speaking And ListeningAssessment

• Locally scored• Non-summative, required

Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration

Mid-Year Assessment• Performance-based• Emphasis on hard-to-

measure standards• Potentially summative

PARCC – Sample Item – 3rd Grade ELA

Center on Instruction

DESIGNING AND DELIVERING INTENSIVE INTERVENTIONS

INTENSIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS STRUGGLING IN READING AND MATH

Think-Pair-Share

• 1 Way Common Core will impact the tiers of instruction/intervention.

• 2 ways school psychologists can build their knowledge of instructional practices and evidence-based interventions.