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Common Core State Standards

Common Core State Standards. Secondary Schools Overview. Rationale. Preparing students for College and Career Readiness is the central purpose behind the Common Core State Standards

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Common Core State Standards

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  1. Common Core State Standards Secondary Schools Overview

  2. Rationale • Preparing students for College and Career Readiness is the central purpose behind the Common Core State Standards • Objective: to dramatically increase the levels of expectations and achievement of students so as to pave the way to smoother transitions from high school into college and the workforce

  3. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards • Anchor the document and define general literacy expectations for college and workforce readiness. • Serve as the central point, or significant learning expectation, toward which all grade-specific standards aspire.

  4. Take a Look at the Anchor Standards. These are the goals for all students by the time they leave our schools. Group discussion: What are the implications for all classrooms across the school?

  5. Take a Look • Take a look through the standards that you have to get acquainted with the format

  6. Vertical Alignment • Look through Reading Standard 6 from K-12 • Copy key words and phrases that illustrate the build of each standard from grade-level to grade-level • How does this standard relate to History/SS and other subjects?

  7. Assessment • Timeline 2011-12 Intro to Common Core Begin to up text complexity, rigor, writing 2012-13 Piloting 2013-14 Field Testing 2014-15 Assessments count as part of accountability system

  8. What do we know about the assessments? • It will be a system of assessments- not just end of year- summative, formative, interim • More personalized for each student • Quicker turn around (computerized) • Growth year to year • Computer adaptive- takes less time to find out what students know and are able to do

  9. What will be tested? • Students can read closely and critically- increased complex literary and informational text • Writing at all grade levels • Speaking and listening • Collaboration and independent inquiry to investigate/research topics, pose questions, present information • Use of oral and written language across a range of literacy tasks • Grade 4 50% Literary 50% Informational • Grade 8 45% Literary 55% Informational • Grade 12 30% Literary 70% Informational

  10. Take a look at sample performance tasks… • Discuss: • First impressions of the tasks • What students will need to know and be able to do • Implications for our department?

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