Common Core State Standards & the Assessment System

1. Common Core State Standards& the Assessment System Presenter: Aimee Copas Aimee.Copas@ndcel.org 701-258-3022

2. My Family Aliya Shannon & Aliya

3. 95% of success is determined by your personal growth

4. When you’re green you’re growing when you’re ripe you’re rotten • Be coachable and teachable • Desire to get better • Don’t ask for the task to be easy, as for it to be worth it. • It is NOT about looking for perfection – it IS about getting the job done well with results.

5. Unique Characteristics of Our School Teams • We are all in some form of sales. • Limited quality personal contact with administration and trainers due to time and staffing constraints. • Requires high intellect, specific knowledge • Overload of information • Limited amount of balanced/accurate information • Administrator plays many roles • Dependency for information, coaching, feedback, morale support, ego nutrition, affirmation, feedback, compensation, counseling, career advancement/development

6. Why is Student Success Important? Research also shows that people who are academically successful are: • more stable in their employment; • more likely to have health insurance; • less dependent on public assistance; • less likely to engage in criminal activity; • more active as citizens and charitable volunteers; and • more healthy.

7. Adoption of Common Core State Standards • New standards for English language arts and math adopted in June 2010 by the National Governors’ Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. • North Dakota statewide committees of content and instructional experts studied and reviewed CCSS from June 2010 – April 2011. • ND committees vote unanimously on April 6, 2011 to adopt the CCSS. • Dr. Wayne G. Sanstead, State Superintendent, officially signs adoption of CCSS on June 20, 2011. Photo provided by UND

8. What does Student Success have to do with the Common Core? • Why is the Common Core State Standards Initiative important? • High standards that are consistent across states provide teachers, parents, and students with a set of clear expectations that are aligned to the expectations in college and careers. • The standards promote equity by ensuring all students, no matter where they live, are well prepared with the skills and knowledge necessary to collaborate and compete with their peers in the United States and abroad. • Unlike previous state standards, which were unique to every state in the country, the Common Core State Standards enable collaboration between states on a range of tools and policies, including:

9. Why the Common Core? • The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. • The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. • With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

10. Who Led the Initiative? • The nation’s governors and education commissioners, through their representative organizations the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) led the development of the Common Core State Standards and continue to lead the initiative. • Teachers, parents, school administrators, higher education and experts from across the country together with state leaders provided input into the development of the standards.

11. 5 Myths about the Common Core State Standards Myth 1 – The Common Core State Standards are a national curriculum. * This was created by the states for the states, encompassing the best of the standards that were already being utilized around the country. Myth 2 – The Common Core State Standards are an Obama administration initiative. Myth 3 – The Common Core Standards represent a modest change from current practice. Myth 4 – States cannot implement the Common Core standards in the current budget climate. Myth 5 – The Common Core State Standards will transform schools.

12. CCSS is not this

13. It shouldn’t be this either

14. Common Core Recap Video • 3 minute video on Common Core

15. “Leadership is the art of accomplishingmore than the science of managementsays is possible.” General Colin Powell

16. Assessment Planning Schedule

17. Smarter BalancedAssessment Consortium

18. SBAC Mission • All children deserve an education that prepares them to take advantage of the wide array of career and education options available after high school. • SBAC is an educator led consortium of states that helps schools fulfill this mission by providing high-quality assessments of student progress toward meeting the high expectations defined in the CCSS. • As a state-led organization comprised of K-12 and higher education leaders and educators, SBAC strives for quality, innovation, transparency, efficiency, and fairness in the development of formative, interim, and summative assessment system to improve teaching and learning and to support accountability.

19. SBAC Vision • SBAC is a recognized national leader in the development of next-generation adaptive assessments. • Recognized as valid, reliable and fair in the assessment of the CCSS • Maintains industry-leading research and development infrastructure that ensures continuous improvement. • Majority of member states postsecondary institutions recognize this assessment as evident of student readiness for college credit bearing coursework. • Defines standards for a robust community of vendors and software developers supporting the implementation of SBAC assessments. • Active membership of 21 or more states. • Operates on self-sustaining basis by 2016

20. Go to PDF file…. (26 of 29)

21. Claims for the English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment • Claim #1 – Reading “Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.” • Claim #2 – Writing “Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.” • Claim #3 – Speaking and Listening “Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.” • Claim #4 – Research/Inquiry “Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.”

22. Claims for Mathematics Assessment • Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures “Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency • Claim #2 – Problem Solving “Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.” • Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning “Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.” • Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis “Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.”

23. Scores Reported for Individual Students

24. Achievement Levels ~ Area Where Cut Scores Will Be Set 1: Minimal Command 2: Partial Command 3: Sufficient Command (Proficiency) 4: Deep Command Grade 11 achievement levels used to determine content readiness for college & career

25. Estimated Testing Times Times are estimates of test length for most students. Smarter Balanced assessments are designed as untimed tests; some students may need and should be afforded more time than shown in this table.

26. Technology Readiness • Technology Readiness Tool (TRT) • Used to determine which schools and/or grades will require a paper assessment in the first year (Spring 2015) • EduTech supporting TRT project • Participation needed from all districts

27. Practice Test • Available online at www.smarterbalanced.org • Grades 3–8 and 11 • Follows a test blueprint similar to the blueprint intended for the operational test, making the Practice Test experience an abbreviated but similar experience to the assessment in 2015 • Afford teachers, administrators, and parents access to items planned and designed for the Smarter Balanced assessment

28. Practice Test • Resources and Documentation • Manuals and User Guides • Classroom Activities • Scoring Guides • Accommodations • Braille • Text to speech By fall 2013, the Practice Tests will be augmented with additional features, including: • Performance tasks for mathematics (including classroom-based activities) • Classroom-based activities for ELA/literacy performance tasks in selected grades • Scoring rubrics • American Sign Language translation and other accommodation and accessibility tools.

29. Practice Test Cont… • Explore the Smarter Balanced Practice TestsTo log in to the Practice Test, simply select “sign in” or “okay” to move through the pre-filled log in screens. • Important Limitations: The Practice Tests provide a preview of the Smarter Balanced assessments, but they do not encompass the full range of content that students will encounter on the spring 2014 Field Test or on the operational assessments, and should not be used to guide instructional decisions. In addition, students and teachers will not receive reports or scores from the Practice Tests. Although the operational assessment system will be computer adaptive, the Practice Tests follow a fixed-form model. • By fall 2013, the Practice Tests will be augmented with additional features, including: • Performance tasks for mathematics (including classroom-based activities); • Classroom-based activities for ELA/literacy performance tasks in selected grades; • Scoring rubrics; and • American Sign Language translation and other accommodation and accessibility tools. • Development of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System will continue after the release of the Practice Tests and through summer 2014 in collaboration with member states and educators.

30. Department of Public InstructionAssessment Contact Information Director of Assessment Greg Gallagher 701-328-1838 or at ggallagher@nd.gov General Assessment Robert Bauer 701-328-2224 or at rgbauer@nd.gov Alternate Assessment Doreen Strode 701-298-4637 or at dstrode@nd.gov English Language Learners Kerri Whipple 701-298-4638 or at kwhipple@nd.gov