1. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Welcome and announcements – 5 minutes
Presentations—30 minutes
Introduction to ELA CCSS (Julie Anderson, English Language Arts Specialist, ODE)
Introduction to ELA CCSS Assessment
(Ken Hermens, English Language Arts Assessment Specialist, ODE)
District Questions and Discussion – 25 minutes
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2. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
CCSS Context:
For Common Core State Standards (CCSS) context, see the March 2011 issue of the Superintendent’s Pipeline, pp. 3-5,
ODE Common Core State Standards (CCSS) web page:
ODE CCSS Link:
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This site is being updated regularly as resources become available.
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4. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
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5. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Three main sections of the CCSS:
A comprehensive K-5 section that embeds literacy standards for other subjects
A 6-12 ELA section
A section for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
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6. Architecture of the CCSS ~ CCR is the Backbone of the CCSS
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Architecture of the CCSS ~ CCR is the Backbone of the CCSS
Designed using end-of-grade 12 College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR)
Designed backward from grade 12 CCR standards down to kindergarten
CCR Anchor Standards:
10 for Reading, customized as follows:
Literature (10)
Informational Text in English Language Arts (10)
Informational Text in History/Social Sciences Science, and Technical Subjects (10)
10 for Writing in ELA & History/Social Sciences, Science, and Technical Subjects (10)
6 for Speaking and Listening
6 for Language
1-3 for Conventions for Standard English—grammar, punctuation. usage
4-6 for Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
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7. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards
Overarching end-of-high school standards
Embedded in the CCSS from kindergarten through grade 12 to prepare all students to be college &career-ready
-Each CCR standard translated into grade-appropriate end-of-year standards
Grade-Level Standards in English Language Arts
K-8, grade-by-grade
9-10 and grade bands for high school
Four strands: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language
Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Standards are embedded at grades K-5
Content-specific literacy standards for Reading and Writing are provided for grades 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12
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8. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Reading
Learning to read:
Standards for Reading Foundational Skills (K-5)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary for Comprehension
Using complex, quality texts to get the “gist” and to analyze what is read
Developing the ability to read and comprehend progressively more complex text each year across all classes:
Reading Standards for Literature (K-12): Comprehension
Reading Standards for Informational Text (K-12): Comprehension
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science ,and Technical Subjects (6-12): Comprehension
Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks in ELA and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.
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9. Standard 10: Range, Quality, and Complexity of Student Reading
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Standard 10: Range, Quality, and Complexity of Student Reading
Reading Standards include exemplar texts (stories and literature, poetry, and informational texts) that illustrate appropriate level of complexity by grade.
Text complexity is defined by:
1. Qualitative measures –levels of meaning,
structure, language conventionality and
clarity, and knowledge demands
2. Quantitative measures –readability and
other scores of text complexity
3. Reader and Task –background knowledge of
reader, motivation, interests, and
complexity generated by tasks assigned
-Independent, Instructional, Frustrational
See Appendix B for range of text types & exemplar texts & Appendix A for Text Complexity.
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10. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
CCR Reading Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of the text.
Reading Standards for Literature
Grade 3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Grade 7: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot)
Grades 11-12: Evaluate various explanations for characters’ actions or for events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Grade 3: Describe the relationships between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Grade 7: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Grades 11-12: Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
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11. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Reading Standards for Informational Text:
Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts
The following standards offer a focus for instruction each year and help ensure that students gain adequate exposure to a range of texts and tasks. Rigor is also infused through the requirement that students read increasingly complex texts through the grades. Students advancing through the grades are expected to meet each year’s grade-specific standards and retain or further develop skills and understandings mastered in preceding grades. (Comparison of Grade 6 and Grade 8 Reading Standards 1-3)
Grade 6 students:
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Grade 8 students:
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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12. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Writing
Write using three text types: arguments and opinions, informative/explanatory pieces, and narrative texts
Use reason and evidence to substantiate an argument or claim
Conduct research –short projects and sustained inquiry
Incorporate technology to create, refine, and collaborate on writing
Write routinely over extended periods (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Write in all classes using the CCSS for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6-12)
Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing by grade bands illustrating meeting and exceeding the CCSS in ELA and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.
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13. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Speaking and Listening
Focus on speaking and listening in a range of settings, both formal and informal –academic, small-group, whole-class discussions
Emphasize effective communication practices
Require interpretation and analysis of message as presented through oral, visual, or multimodal formats
Language
Address Conventions and Vocabulary in the context of reading, writing, speaking and listening (vocabulary is also addressed in Reading Standard 4)
Teach Conventions and knowledge of language and language variety to enable students
to make appropriate grammar and usage choices in Writing and Speaking
Focus on the importance of academic vocabulary acquisition through a mix of conversation, direct instruction, reading, and the use of reference materials
Appendix A: Resources on Speaking and Listening and Language.
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14. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Reading Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Acquire knowledge of domain-specific vocabulary
Analyze, evaluate, and differentiate primary and secondary sources
Synthesize quantitative and technical information, including facts presented in maps, timelines, flowcharts, or diagrams
Writing Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Write arguments on discipline-specific content and informative/explanatory texts
Use data, evidence, and reason to support arguments and claims
Use domain-specific vocabulary
21st Century Skills, Media, and Technology are integrated throughout the CCSS for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
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15. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Part of the CCSS:
Appendix A—Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards
-Reading: Why Text Complexity Matters
-Reading Foundational Skills
-Writing: Definition of the Three Text Types
-Speaking and Listening
-Language: Progressive Language (Grammar and Usage) Skills in the Standards
-Language: Acquiring Academic Vocabulary
Appendix B—Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks (across all subjects)
Appendix C—Samples of Student Writing (across all subjects)
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16. Shared CCSS Resources across the states:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Oregon’s Resources:
ELA Crosswalk (end of April)
Transition resources prepared through the collaboration of Higher ed, ESDs, and districts (end of May)
Shared CCSS Resources across the states:
*Draft ELA Publisher’s Criteria (ODE will post)
*Exemplar text passages with key questions (late June or July)
**Maps of the standards’ content / scope and sequence (July/August)
*Multiple short passages of complex, quality text at each grade level (CCSSO will secure copyright and then distribute ).
*Text Complexity: Rubrics for determining text complexity (summer)
*CCSSO—Council of Chief State School Officers
**Achieve—Non-profit organized in 1996 to help states raise academic standards
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17. “Teach students to read text closely and write about it clearly.”
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Focus Areas of the CCSS
Grade-level Text Complexity
Academic vocabulary
-Reading Standard 4
-Language Standards 4-6
Reading Informational text in ELA and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects and writing argument and informative/explanatory pieces
“Teach students to read text closely and
write about it clearly.”
Lead Writer, ELA CCSS, David Coleman
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18. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
What do we know now about how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will be assessed?
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19. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
New tests tied to the Common Core State Standards are projected to be in place for school year
New assessments will be computer-based and given several times during the school year
More than just multiple choice and more focus on application of knowledge
Two different consortia are developing assessments, so two testing programs used throughout the nation
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20. Federal Assessment Requirements
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Federal Assessment Requirements
Assess acquisition of and progress toward “college and career readiness”
Have common, comparable scores across member states
Provide achievement and growth information for teacher and principal evaluation and professional development
Assess all students, except for those with “significant cognitive disabilities”
Administer online, with timely results
Use multiple measures
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21. Assessment System Components Assessment system that balances
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Assessment System Components
Assessment system that balances
Summative assessment (Computer Adaptive)
Interim assessment
Formative Processes and Tools
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22. Summative Assessment
Mandatory comprehensive assessment 3-8 and 11 (testing window within the last 12 weeks of the instructional year) that supports accountability and measures growth
Provides state-to-state comparability, with standards set against research-based benchmarks
Summative tests can be given twice a year
Selected response, short constructed response, extended constructed response, technology enhanced, and performance tasks
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23. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Interim Assessment
Optional comprehensive and content cluster assessment
Available for administration throughout the year
Selective response, short constructed response, extended constructed response, technology enhanced, and performance tasks
Aligned to and reported on the same scale as the summative assessments
Involves significant teacher participation in design and scoring
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24. Formative Processes and Tools
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Formative Processes and Tools
Instructionally-sensitive, on-demand tools and strategies aimed at improving teaching, increasing student learning, and enabling differentiation of instruction
Processes and tools are research-based
Clearinghouse of professional development materials available to educators includes model units of instruction, released assessment items, formative strategies, and materials for professional development
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25. The summative assessment will include the following item types:
Selected response
Extended constructed response
Technology enhanced and technology enhanced constructed response
Performance tasks (two at grades 3–8, up to six by grade 11)
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26. Selected response Multiple Choice May include 3, 4, or 5 options
Items can be used to measure knowledge and skills from more than one standard
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27. Extended Constructed Response
Used to measure complex thinking skills such as
formulating comparisons or contrasts;
proposing cause and effects;
identifying patterns or conflicting points of view;
categorizing, summarizing, or interpreting information;
developing generalizations, explanations, justifications, or evidence-based conclusions .
Approximately 60% of the score points will be constructed response.
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28. Technology enhanced and technology enhanced constructed response
Takes advantage of such technological features as
Drag and drop
Hot spot
Simulation technologies
Video presentations (Speaking and Listening)
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29. Performance Tasks
Measure the student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards
At grades 3–8, students will engage in two rigorous performance events for ELA and mathematics
At the high school level, students will engage in up to six performance events by grade 11 for both ELA and mathematics.
These events will be computer-delivered and typically will require one to two class periods to complete.
One type of performance task is an on-demand writing prompt, which will be administered depending on grade
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