1 / 21

Overview

Overview. Presentation designed by: Penny Plavala, Multnomah ESD. Session Goals. Review background of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Examine key features of the new standards Learn what the CCSS mean for Oregon. Temperature Check.

ashanti
Download Presentation

Overview

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Overview Presentation designed by: Penny Plavala, Multnomah ESD

  2. Session Goals • Review background of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) • Examine key features of the new standards • Learn what the CCSS mean for Oregon

  3. Temperature Check Think of an adjective to describe how you are feeling about the Common Core State Standards. Please share with a partner.

  4. Background • What is the problem? • Students graduating from high school are unprepared for college and career • Large numbers of students taking remedial classes their first year in college • Out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked: • 14th in reading • 25th in math* • *2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

  5. Common Core State Standards Initiative • A joint effort by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers • A state-led initiative • States were in the driver’s seat • The federal government did not develop the standards or require their adoption.

  6. Standards Development Process • College- and career-readiness standards for English/language arts and mathematics developed summer of 2009 • K-12 standards for each grade were developed • Continual input throughout the process from states, educators, and business and higher education leaders with 10,000 responses during the public comment period

  7. Standards Development Process • Final standards released on June 2, 2010 • Adopted by Oregon State Board of Education on October 28, 2010 • ELA & Literacy in History/SS, Science and Technical Subjects • Mathematics

  8. Common Core State Standards Adoption 44 states and D.C. have fully adopted the Common Core State Standards.

  9. What are advantages of common standards? • Currently, every state has its own set of academic standards, meaning public education students in each state are learning to different levels • All students must be prepared to compete with not only their American peers in the next state, but with students from around the world

  10. Why are common standards important for students, teachers, and parents? • Prepares students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college and work • Ensures consistent expectations regardless of a student’s zip code • Provides educators, parents, and students with clear, focused guideposts

  11. Features of the Standards • Aligned with college and work expectations • Focused and coherent • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards • Based on evidence and research • Internationally benchmarked

  12. Features of the Standards • The College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchorstandards were written first and describe expectations for the end of high school. • The CCSS were then back-mapped down to kindergarten to ensure that students would be on track early to meet rigorous end of high school literary goals.

  13. Clear Rigorous Focused Common Core State Standards

  14. The standards define: • what is most essential • grade level expectations • what students are expected to know and be able to do • cross-disciplinary literacy skills

  15. The standards do NOT define: • how teachers should teach • all that can or should be taught • the nature of advanced work • intervention methods or materials • the full range of supports for English learners and students with special needs

  16. What do the CCSS Mean for Oregon? • English Language Arts standards replace Oregon’s current standards • Districts will continue to prepare students for OAKS assessment through 2013-2014 • CCSS will be fully implemented and assessed through a common assessment in 2014-2015

  17. Stepping Up to the Challenge Next-Generation Assessments YOU ARE HERE 2014 -2015 2013 – 2014 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Kindergarten CCSS First Group of 3rd Graders

  18. What is the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium? SBAC is a collection of 29 states that have been working collaboratively to develop next-generation assessments that are aligned to the CCSS and that accurately measure student progress toward college and career readiness. www.k12.wa.us/smarter

  19. A Balanced Assessment System

  20. Turn and Talk • What information was new to you in that CCSS overview?

  21. For more information, contact Penny Plavalapplavala@mesd.k12.or.us or visitCommon Core Solutionswww.mesd.k12.or.us

More Related