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Common Core & Essential Standards

Common Core & Essential Standards. An Overview Presentation. NCSCOS. North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Common Core State Standards in Math & Literacy. NC Essential Standards. Common Core Design: Anchor Standards.

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Common Core & Essential Standards

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  1. Common Core & Essential Standards An Overview Presentation

  2. NCSCOS North Carolina Standard Course of Study Common Core State Standards in Math & Literacy NC Essential Standards

  3. Common Core Design: Anchor Standards Anchor Standards that are common to all grades offer an integrated focus Anchor Standards clearly specify College and Career Readiness

  4. Common Core Design: Grade Level Standards Each Grade has specific end-of-year expectations for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, & Language Across Grades there is a cumulative progression of understandings & skills Each Standard has a 1-1 correspondence with its Anchor Standard

  5. Standard Trajectories • Expectationsgrow over time • Cumulative progression of skills and understandings • Skillsand their application are the focus of instruction

  6. Why Complex Text Matters • The ability to read complex texts is the singlegreatest predictor of success in college • Text complexity in elementary and secondary textshas declined steadily • Fewer than 50% of high school graduates are able to read college and career ready complex text

  7. Transitioning to Next Generation Assessments President Obama called on the Nation’s Governors and state education chiefs "to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity." ED.GOV September 2, 2010 Beyond the Bubble Tests: The Next Generation of Assessments -- Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks to State Leaders at Achieve's American Diploma Project Leadership Team Meeting

  8. Next Generation Assessments • Aligned to the Common Core State Standards • Created with expectations linked to international benchmarks. • Measure student achievement and growth in literacy and mathematics in grades 3-12. • Designed to support students in developing essential 21st century skills to get students College and Career Ready.

  9. What Skills will students need to be “College and Career Ready?”

  10. A Closer Look With a partner … • Read your Smarter Balanced test items • Solve and complete the appropriate spaces on your chart • Talk with your partner about the items • Continue until you have experienced all 4 items

  11. A Closer Look at Smarter Balanced Items Sample Task Analysis

  12. What Skills will students need to be “College and Career Ready?”

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