COMMON CORE PRESENTATION

by James Michaelian

Objective
To help you understand 1) how CCSS came to be 2) the purpose of national standards 3) how CCSS differ from current CA content standards 4) how CCSS get progressively more challenging 5) the Next Generation Common Core Assessments 6) how to access additional resources about CCSS

CCSS Overview
National movement Voluntary state-led effort coordinated by
Council of Chief State School Officers National Governors Association 48 governors (including California)

State commissioners of education

Elementary, Middle, Secondary, Post Secondary content experts

Internationally benchmarked
Success in global economy CA public universities

States can adopt up to 15 percent of additional standards California exercised this option Assessments will not include these California additions

CCSS Compared to Current CA ELA Standards

Not a direct one-to-one correlation between current CA

Content standards and new CCSS

CCSS may represent concepts previously presented through several

standards or vice versa

The Common Core also added additional ELA standards for vocabulary and collaborative discussions literacy standards that focus on reading and writing instruction during history/social studies, science, and technology

Reading Standards for Literature 68

Grade 6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Grade 7 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. Grade 8 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.

CCSS Compared to Current CA Math Standards

Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that

mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and 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 reasoning

Elementary Common Core Math Grades 1-8

High School Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions,

Modeling, Geometry, Statistics and Probability

Integrated 1, Integrated 2, Integrated 3

Next Generation Assessments

Performance based using technology
Adaptive Questioning Formative Quicker results Align to CCSS

State Implementation begins 2014-2015 school year English Language Arts and math Grade 3-8 and 11
SDUSD to pilot SBAC assessments 2013-2014 SDUSD creating benchmark assessments December & March of 2013-2014

Grade 6-8 Sample Math Assessment Task

Grade 7 Sample ELA Assessment Task

Additional Resources
Video Clip http://www.sandi.net/commoncore Assessment Consortiums SBAC http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ Sample Assessments ELA http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htm Math http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.ht m CDE (Questions about CCSS)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssfaqs2010.asp

Common Core Standards http://www.corestandards.org/