1. Slide 0 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Jackie Brooks Dennis General Manager, East Region Pearson America’s Choice November, 2011 jbrooks-dennis@americaschoice.org Common Core Learning Standards: Why now?

2. Slide 1 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Anticipated Outcome Participants will develop an understanding of the Common Core State Standards by relating their implementation to their past, current and future work.

3. Slide 2 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. What are the CCSS (CCLS) and why are they important right now?

4. Slide 3 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. High School Graduate College Readiness Percent of ACT- Tested High School Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmarks.

5. Slide 4 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Increase in College Remedial Reading Courses In 2004, 43% of students in two-year colleges received remedial courses. In 2004, 29% of students in four-year public colleges received remedial courses. Across the country, more than one-third of all students enroll in remedial courses. In 2008, four out of five students in remedial courses had a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher.

6. Slide 5 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Career Readiness Over the last twenty years, there has been a marked shift in the skills that employers demand.

7. Slide 6 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Employer Needs Critical thinking and problem solving Effective communication Collaboration and team building Creativity and innovation

8. Slide 7 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative? State–led effort to ensure that all students are college and career ready. International benchmarking to ensure best practices from the top-performing nations. Cooperation among education and business.

9. Slide 8 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. What are the Common Core State 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 Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society Based on evidence and research State led – coordinated by NGA Center (The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices) and CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers)

10. Slide 9 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Common Core State Standards: Evidence Base 9 Evidence was used to guide critical decisions in the following areas: –Inclusion of particular content –Timing of when content should be introduced and the progression of that content –Ensuring focus and coherence –Organizing and formatting the standards –Determining emphasis on particular topics in standards Evidence includes: –Standards from high-performing countries, leading states, and nationally-regarded frameworks –Research on adolescent literacy, text complexity, mathematics instruction, quantitative literacy –Lists of works consulted and research base included in standards’ appendices

11. Slide 10 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Common Core State Standards: Evidence Base For example: Standards from individual high-performing countries and provinces were used to inform content, structure, and language. Writing teams looked for examples of rigor, coherence, and progression. Mathematics 1. Belgium (Flemish) 2. Canada (Alberta) 3. China 4. Chinese Taipei 5. England 6. Finland 7. Hong Kong 8. India 9. Ireland 10. Japan 11. Korea 12. Singapore English language arts 1. Australia New South Wales Victoria 2. Canada Alberta British Columbia Ontario 3. England 4. Finland 5. Hong Kong 6. Ireland 7. Singapore

12. Slide 11 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Standards Development Process College and career readiness standards developed in summer 2009 Based on the college and career readiness standards, K-12 learning progressions developed Multiple rounds of feedback from states, teachers, researchers, higher education, and the general public Final Common Core State Standards released on June 2, 2010

13. Slide 12 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Why is it important for schools to engage with the CCSS now? Important for schools to think of integrating the Common Core State Standards as a multi-year process: –Improving organizational structures –Building teacher capacity Some students enrolled in our schools now will need to pass CCSS-aligned state assessments to be promoted or graduate Schools that develop thoughtful multi-year transition plans will be ready to be held accountable for student achievement on CCSS 12

14. Slide 13 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards *Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only

15. Slide 14 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Why is this important? Before this year, every state had its own set of academic standards, meaning public education students in each state were 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

16. Slide 15 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Social Justice Main motive for standards Get good curriculum to all students Start each unit with the variety of thinking and knowledge students bring to it Close each unit with on-grade learning in the cluster of standards Gives us a clearer understanding of what rigor looks like at each grade level The CCSS require students to “think complexly about complex tasks (rigor)” Sally Hampton, chair of the committee that developed the CCSS ELA standards

17. Slide 16 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Six Instructional Shifts in ELA/Literacy Shift 1: PK-5, Balancing Informational & Literary Texts Shift 2: 6-12, Building knowledge in the disciplines Shift 3: Staircase of complexity Shift 4: Text-based answers Shift 5: Writing from sources Shift 6: Academic vocabulary

18. Slide 17 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Six Instructional Shifts in Mathematics Shift 1: Focus Shift 2: Coherence Shift 3: Fluency Shift 4: Deep understanding Shift 5: Application Shift 6: Dual Intensity

19. Slide 18 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. What the Standards do NOT define: How teachers should teach All that can or should be taught The nature of advanced work beyond the core The interventions needed for students well below grade level The full range of support for English language learners and students with special needs Everything needed to be college and career ready

20. Slide 19 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Why do we need the Common Core?

21. Slide 20 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Reaching Students, Changing Lives: It’s PERSONAL!

22. Slide 21 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Overview of the Rest of the Day Three two (2) hour breakout sessions repeated: CCLS: Assessment CCLS in Mathematics CCLS in English Language Arts Please complete a reflection form at the close of the day and leave it with your session facilitator!

23. Slide 22 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Jackie Brooks Dennis General Manager, East Region Pearson America’s Choice November, 2011 jbrooks-dennis@americaschoice.org CCSS: A Look at the Process for Creating a New Type of Assessment

24. Slide 23 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Anticipated Outcomes Understand the consortia and the process for development of assessments aligned with the CCSS Analyze ELA and math sample items to discuss rigor as well as supports students will need to access similar items Discuss instructional practices to implement now to move students toward success on new assessments aligned with the CCSS

25. Slide 24 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. A TEST THAT IS WORTH TEACHING TO SHOULD…

26. Slide 25 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. RTTT Assessment Requirements for Comprehensive Systems Requirements within the RTTT Assessment Program: Build upon shared standards for college- and career-readiness; Measure individual growth as well as proficiency; Measure the extent to which each student is on track, at each grade level tested, toward college or career readiness by the time of high school completion and; Provide information that is useful in informing: –Teaching, learning, and program improvement; –Determinations of school effectiveness; –Determinations of principal and teacher effectiveness for use in evaluations and the provision of support to teachers and principals; and –Determinations of individual student college and career readiness, such as determinations made for high school exit decisions, college course placement to credit-bearing classes, or college entrance. (US Department of Education, 2009)

27. Slide 26 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Assessment Teachers will be able to focus their instruction on clear targets Provide an array of training tools to use the assessment results to inform instructional planning and better understand what CCR student performance looks like. The Partnership will develop challenging performance tasks and innovative, computer-enhanced items that elicit complex demonstrations of learning and measure the full range of knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college and 21st- century careers. The Partnership will make available through-course assessments so that assessment of learning can take place closer in time to when key skills and concepts are taught and states can provide teachers with actionable information more frequently.

28. Slide 27 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Consortia Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, which consists of 26 states.Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium, which includes 31 statesSMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium

29. Slide 28 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

30. Slide 29 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. ELA-1 and ELA-2 Focused Literacy Assessments

31. Slide 30 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. ELA-3. Extended Research/Writing Assessment.

32. Slide 31 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Math-1 and Math-2. Focused Assessments of Essential Topics.

33. Slide 32 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Math-1 and Math-2. Focused Assessments of Essential Topics.

34. Slide 33 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Math-4. End-of-Year Mathematics Assessment.

35. Slide 34 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Nearly every state in the nation is working individually and collectively to improve its academic standards and assessments to ensure students graduate with the knowledge and skills most demanded by college and careers The Common Core State Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics were created by educators around the nation A Strong Foundation: The Common Core State Standards

36. Slide 35 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Key Advances of the Common Core ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

37. Slide 36 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Common Core State Standards are critical, but it is just the first step Common assessments aligned to the Common Core will help ensure the new standards truly reach every classroom What’s Next? Common Assessments

38. Slide 37 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Governing Board States Participating States

39. Slide 38 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. K-12 and Postsecondary Roles in PARCC K-12 Educators & Education Leaders Educators will be involved throughout the development of the PARCC assessments and related instructional and reporting tools to help ensure the system provides the information and resources educators most need Postsecondary Faculty & Leaders Nearly 200 institutions and systems covering hundreds of campuses across PARCC states have committed to help develop the high school assessments and set the college-ready cut score that will indicate a student is ready for credit- bearing courses

40. Slide 39 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 1.Create high-quality assessments 2.Build a pathway to college and career readiness for all students 3.Support educators in the classroom 4.Develop 21 st century, technology-based assessments 5.Advance accountability at all levels The PARCC Goals

41. Slide 40 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Goal #1: Create High Quality Assessments Priority Purposes of PARCC Assessments: 1.Determine whether students are college- and career-ready or on track 2.Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards, including standards that are difficult to measure 3.Measure the full range of student performance, including the performance high and low performing students 4.Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction, interventions and professional development 5.Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth 6.Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the system

42. Slide 41 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. To address the priority purposes, PARCC will develop an assessment system comprised of four components. Each component will computer-delivered and will leverage technology to incorporate innovations. –Two summative, required assessment components designed to Make “college- and career-readiness” and “on-track” determinations Measure the full range of standards and full performance continuum Provide data for accountability uses, including measures of growth –Two non-summative, optional assessment components designed to Generate timely information for informing instruction, interventions, and professional development during the school year An additional third non-summative component will assess students’ speaking and listening skills

43. Slide 42 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Summative Assessment Components: –Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) administered as close to the end of the school year as possible. The ELA/literacy PBA will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text. The mathematics PBA will focus on applying skills, concepts, and understandings to solve multi- step problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance, and strategic use of tools –End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) administered after approx. 90% of the school year. The ELA/literacy EOY will focus on reading comprehension. The math EOY will be comprised of innovative, machine-scorable items Non-Summative Assessment Components: –Diagnostic Assessment designed to be an indicator of student knowledge and skills so that instruction, supports and professional development can be tailored to meet student needs –Mid-Year Assessment comprised of performance-based items and tasks, with an emphasis on hard-to-measure standards. After study, individual states may consider including as a summative component Goal #1: Create High Quality Assessments

44. Slide 43 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. The PARCC assessments will allow us to make important claims about students’ knowledge and skills. In English Language Arts/Literacy, whether students: –Can Read and Comprehend Complex Literary and Informational Text –Can Write Effectively When Analyzing Text –Have attained overall proficiency in ELA/literacy In Mathematics, whether students: –Have mastered knowledge and skills in highlighted domains (e.g. domain of highest importance for a particular grade level – number/ fractions in grade 4; proportional reasoning and ratios in grade 6) –Have attained overall proficiency in mathematics Goal #1: Create High Quality Assessments

45. Slide 44 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Goal #1: Create High Quality Assessments End-of-Year Assessment Innovative, computer-based items Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) Extended tasks Applications of concepts and skills Summative, Required assessment Non-summative, optional assessment Diagnostic Assessment Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD Speaking And Listening Optional & Flexible Mid-Year Assessment Performance-based Emphasis on hard-to- measure standards Potentially summative English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11

46. Slide 45 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Goal #2: Build a Pathway to College and Career Readiness for All Students K-2 formative assessment being developed, aligned to the PARCC system Timely student achievement data showing students, parents and educators whether ALL students are on-track to college and career readiness ONGOING STUDENT SUPPORTS/INTERVENTIONS College readiness score to identify who is ready for college-level coursework SUCCESS IN FIRST-YEAR, CREDIT- BEARING, POSTSECOND- ARY COURSEWORK Targeted interventions & supports: 12 th -grade bridge courses PD for educators

47. Slide 46 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 46 Goal #3: Support Educators in the Classroom PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION EDUCATOR-LED TRAINING TO SUPPORT “PEER-TO-PEER” TRAINING TIMELY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA K-12 Educator

48. Slide 47 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 47 Goal #4: Develop 21 st Century, Technology-Based Assessments PARCC’s assessment will be computer-based and leverage technology in a range of ways: Item Development: Develop innovative tasks that engage students in the assessment process Administration –Reduce paperwork, increase security, reduce shipping/receiving & storage –Increase access to and provision of accommodations for SWDs and ELLs Scoring: Make scoring more efficient by combining human and automated approaches Reporting: Produce timely reports of students performance throughout the year to inform instructional, interventions, and professional development

49. Slide 48 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 48 Goal #5: Advance Accountability at All Levels PARCC assessments will be purposefully designed to generate valid, reliable and timely data, including measures of growth, for various accountability uses including: –School and district effectiveness –Educator effectiveness –Student placement into college-credit bearing courses –Comparisons with other state and international benchmarks PARCC assessments will be designed for other accountability uses as states deem appropriate

50. Slide 49 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 49 PARCC Timeline SY 2011-12 Development begins SY 2012-13 First year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection SY 2013-14 Second year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection SY 2014-15 Full administration of PARCC assessments SY 2010-11 Launch and design phase Summer 2015 Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels

51. Slide 50 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers November 2011 www.PARCConline.org

52. Slide 51 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Technology and Assessments How do schools currently use technology and assessment? Share your ideas with a partner. Technology and Assessments

53. Slide 52 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. (Common Core State Standards Initiative 2010a, 7) Technology and Assessments (continued) Skills assessment based on the CCSS Immersive environment assessments could be used to assess difficult-to- assess characteristics Simulations can be used for those CCSS that emphasize skills Technology will be used in assessment to: Help broaden innovative assessment Address assessment challenges and provide accommodations for diverse populations Assessments will: Include items in which students manipulate graphic elements to provide a response Be delivered by a computer Be Scored electronically May have multiple correct answers Cannot be easily translated to a paper test Technology and Assessments

54. Slide 53 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Innovative English Language Arts Sample 1

55. Slide 54 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Innovative English Language Arts Sample (continued) 1 54

56. Slide 55 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. The through-course components in mathematics will be administered online to students in grade 6 through high school, using an equation editor- type program that allows students to enter responses to mathematical problems via the computer. Math Assessment: Mode of Administration

57. Slide 56 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. The first two through-course components emphasize standards or clusters of standards (i.e., one to two essential topics) from the CCSS that play a central role during the first stages of mathematics instruction over the school year. These include standards that are prerequisites for others at the same grade level, as well as standards or clusters of standards for fields of study that first appear during the grade in question. Thus, instead of surveying an overly broad mathematical landscape as typical interim assessments currently do, these components will promote the coherent curricular structure embedded in the CCSS. This approach also will enable the through-course components to provide more useful results to teachers across the range of performance from a blend of one to two brief constructed- response items per topic and one extended constructed- response per topic. Over time, the Partnership will refine the selection of standards measured by the focused components based on which mathematical topics prove most predictive of success later in the school year. Math-1 and Math-2. Focused Assessments of Essential Topics

58. Slide 57 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Implementation

59. Slide 58 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Why engage with the CCSS now? Multi-year process to: –Improving organizational structures –Building teacher capacity –Build student capacity Current CCSS-aligned state assessments Thoughtful transition plans

60. Slide 59 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Overall Picture 59

61. Slide 60 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Reflections What do the formats of innovative items tell you in regard to the CCSS? How is assessment changing to compensate for the rigorous standards? What are the current barriers to the use of technology in assessments in your district/school? A Moment of Reflection

62. Slide 61 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. Helpful Websites www.corestandards.org/ www.achieve.org/PARCC http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_co re_standards http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_co re_standards/ccstimeline.html http://www.parcconline.org

63. Slide 62 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved.