Overview

1. Overview Penny Plavala MESD

2. 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 in the driver’s seat • The federal government did not develop the standards or require their adoption. • A significant and historic opportunity for states to collectively develop and adopt a core set of academic standards.

3. Standards Development Process • College- and career-readiness standards for English/language arts and mathematics developed summer of 2009 • Based on the college and career readiness standards, K-12 standards for each grade were developed • Continual input throughout the process from states, educators, and business and higher education leaders

4. Standards Development Process • Public comment period with nearly 10,000 responses • Final standards released on June 2, 2010 • Oregon State Board of Education Adopted October 28, 2010 • ELA & Literacy in History/SS, Science and Technical Subjects • Mathematics

5. 42 states and D.C. have fully adopted the Common Core State Standards; 1 state has provisionally adopted the standards; and 1 state has adopted only the ELA standards.

6. Why do we need 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

7. Why is this 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

8. 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

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

10. Clear Focused Rigorous Common Core State Standards

11. Design and Organization College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards • Broad expectations consistent across grades and content areas • Based on evidence about college and workforce training expectations

12. Design and Organization K−12 Standards • Grade-specific end-of-year expectations • Developmentally appropriate, cumulative progression of skills and understandings • One-to-one correspondence with CCR standards

13. Four Strands Reading Writing Speaking & Listening Language

14. English Language Arts • Design and Organization Three main sections • K−5 (cross-disciplinary) • 6−12 English Language Arts • 6−12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development Three appendices • A: Research and evidence; glossary of key terms • B: Reading text exemplars; sample performance tasks • C: Annotated student writing samples

15. Students who are college and career ready in English Language Arts: • Demonstrate independence • Build strong content knowledge • Comprehend as well as critique • Value evidence • Use technology and digital media strategically and capably

16. ELA Features Reading • Balance of literature and informational texts • Text complexity and growth of comprehension • The reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read.

17. ELA Features Standards for Reading and Writing in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical subjects at Grades 6-12 • Complement rather than replace content standards in those subjects • Responsibility of teachers in those subjects

18. ELA Features Writing: Text types, responding to reading, and research • Writing arguments/opinions • Writing informative/explanatory texts • Writing narratives • Strong and growing across-the-curriculum emphasis on students writing arguments and informative/explanatory texts

19. ELA Features Language: Conventions (grammar), effective use, & vocabulary • Standards include the essential rules of standard and written English, but they also look at language as a matter of craft and making choices. • Vocabulary

20. ELA Features Speaking and Listening: Flexible communication and collaboration • Standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills, not just needed for formal presentations

21. What the Standards do NOT define: • How teachers should teach • All that can or should be taught • The nature of advanced work beyondthe core • The interventions needed for students well below grade level • The full range of support for English • language learners and students with • special needs

22. 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.