Indiana Standards (2014)

1. Indiana Standards (2014) Instructional Shifts in College and Career Readiness: Strategies that Empower Teaching and Learning Breakout Session for Parents & Community Organization Members

2. Parents and Community Agenda • Introductions • What are standards? • Development and Purpose • Changes to Assessments • Supporting Students • Tips for Connecting to Schools and Teachers

3. Standards/Curriculum/Instruction Standards are NOT: Curriculum Instructional Practices Necessarily going to address the educational needs of students who are far below Going to cover all aspects of what is necessary for college and career readiness Standardsare simple statements of what students should know or be able to do after a specific course of study. • Reading • Writing • Vocabulary • Process • Number Sense • Computation

4. What do the letters andnumbers mean for EL/A? • RF = Reading: Foundations • RL = Reading: Literature • RN = Reading: Nonfiction • RV = Reading: Vocabulary • W = Writing • SL = Speaking and Listening • ML = Media Literacy Example • 2.RF.2.1 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously. • Grade Subject Strand Skill • 2 Reading Foundations 2.1…

5. What do the letters andnumbers mean? Mathematics Standards Naming Conventions • Process Standards - PS 5 Strands: • Number Sense - NS • Computation and Algebraic Thinking - CA • Geometry - G • Measurement - M • Data Analysis – DA Example: K.NS.1: Count to at least 100 by ones and tens and count on by one from any number. • Grade StrandSkill • K Kindergarten NS Number Sense 1:Count to at least 100 by ones and tens….

6. What do the letters andnumbers mean? Algebra I • Real Numbers and Expressions – RNE • Functions – F • Linear Equations, Inequalities and Functions – L • Systems of Equations and Inequalities – SEI • Quadratic and Exponential Equations and Functions – QE • Data Analysis and Statistics - DS Example: • AI.RNE.1: Understand the hierarchy and relationships of numbers and sets of numbers within the real number system. • Subject Strand Skill • AI Algebra RNE Real Numbers and Equations 1: Understand the hierarchy and relationships…..

7. What are “College and CareerReady” standards? • What students need to know at each grade level, and within each content strand, in order to exit high school college and career ready.

8. How are the new IAS “College and Career Ready”? Math Less topics within a grade level for a deeper focus Problem Solving Skills More challenging content EL/A • More Non-Fiction reading • Read more challenging text • Use text to provide evidence and support

9. What does it mean to be “College and Career Ready?” Students are ready for: • Work • Apprenticeship/OJT • 2-year college • 4-year college WITHOUT needing remediation!

10. Where did IAS come from?The Development of the Indiana Academic Standards for English/Language Arts and Mathematics (2014) During the 2013 legislative session, the Indiana General Assembly passed Public Law 286. This new law, Indiana Code 20-19-2-14.5, established the timeline for the review and adoption of these new K-12 academic standards.

11. Changes in Assessing IAS:Designing the Spring 2015 ISTEP+ TestGr. 3-8 • ISTEP+ Part 1 • March administration • Applied skills (open-ended) items • ISTEP+ Part 2 • April/May administration • Multiple-choice and technology-enhanced items • Assessment Information and Resources

12. Understanding New Assessment Items ISTEP+ Part 1 – Applied Skills Sample Items The following items are samples, designed to use with • teachers, as part of professional development; and • students, to familiarize them with items aligned to the college- and career-ready 2014 Indiana Academic Standards.

13. Apollo 11 ELA Grade 6 Writing Prompt You have read the article about the first moon landing and a transcript of a phone conversation between President Nixon and the astronauts. Some historians claim that the Apollo 11 trip to the moon is the most significant event of the twentieth century. Using information from BOTH the article and the telephone conversation, write an essay explaining the significance of this event. Be sure to include: -an explanation of the significance of the event -support with relevant details from BOTH the article and the telephone conversation -an introduction, a body, and a conclusion

14. Math Grade 3 Extended-Response The clock shows the time at which students arrive at a park one afternoon to play a game. Part A After the students arrive, they have 30 minutes to practice before the first game begins. What time does the first game begin? Answer __________ p.m.

15. Part B It took 40 minutes to play the first game and 50 minutes to play the second game. How long, in minutes, did they spend in all playing the two games? Show All Work Answer __________minutes Part C The students want to play a third game, but the park closes at 5:45 p.m. On the lines below, explain whether or not the teams are LIKELY to have enough time to play a third game before the park closes. Include the time the second game ends in your answer. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

16. Exemplary Response: Part A 4:00 AND Part B 40 + 50 = 90 AND 90 minutes AND Part C The second game ended at 5:30 p.m. AND They will likely not have enough time to play a third game because the park closes in 15 minutes, and each of the other two games took at least 40 minutes.

17. Supporting Students:Text Complexity What you can do… Encourage your student(s) to read a VARIETY of literature Five-Finger Rule What you might hear… • Lexile Levels • Quantitative Measurement • Qualitative Measurement • More Non-Fiction

18. Supporting Students:Problem Solving What you can do… Read slowly and carefully Use all 8 problem solving strategies - Find a Pattern, Make a Table, Work Backwards, Guess and Check, Draw a Picture, Make a List, Write a Number Sentence, Use Logical Reasoning Make sure your answer makes sense, is reasonable, and answer the question being asked What you might hear… • Read, Re-Read, and Underline key components like operation words and numbers • Word problems solving strategies • Answer the question being asked • Check you answer for reasonability

19. How to support • Focus on positives: • Math may be difficult, but it can be learned through perseverance and practice! • Reading can be hard too, but it is more fun when you find a topic you enjoy and are interested in. • What have you learned lately that is new or different?

20. IAS Resource Guides http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/mathematics

21. Tips for Connectingand Helping Students • Parent Resource Documents – coming soon! • Understanding what the standards are and how to ask questions about them • Feeling comfortable making connections at school: • Find out how teacher(s) prefer to communicate • Let them know that you are available to support student learning • Ask what you can do to help!

22. Questions to ask yourself: • How do I know that more rigorous standards are being taught in my student’s school? • Is my student being asked to justify their answers about what they have read? • Is my student being asked to solve real-world problems in math? • Does my student need help completing homework? Do I know where to go to get help?

23. Resources • Review the Process Standards for Mathematics • See examples of books by genres and grade levels in the Educators' Toolkit for Indiana's K-12 Reading Selections • Check out the Parent Resources when they are available • Review your school websites for their resources as well

24. Discussion • What did you find useful today? • What would have been more helpful? • What would help your school? Community? • What supports are needed? • What would you like to hear from your school district?

25. Final Thoughts • Who will you take this information back to? • How will you share it?