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What Teachers Can Learn from the New PARCC & Smarter Balanced Mathematics Sample Assessment Items Moderator: Carrie Heath Phillips, Common Core State Standards Implementation, Council of Chief State School Officers Presenter: Jim Mamer 2012 Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Elementary Mathematics Teaching Award Winner Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics

Webinar Overview  The purpose of this webinar is to hear from an expert teacher about his reflections on the sample assessment items in mathematics and what he gleans from them about how to implement the Common Core in his classroom.  We hope this webinar will spur teachers to reflect individually and with their peers about how to use the sample assessment items in mathematics as one tool in their toolbox when implementing the Common Core State Standards.

Background on Common Assessment  CCSSO, as a leader of the Common Core State Standards Initiative with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, supports the state-led assessment consortia developing Common Core State Standards assessments.  The two common assessment consortia, the Partnership for Assessment for College and Career Readiness (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced, each released sample assessment items recently.  Each assessment consortium has its own detailed overviews of the assessment items, which you are encouraged to explore independently.  and  Whether your state is a member of PARCC, Smarter Balanced, both or neither consortium, you are encouraged to use both sets of sample assessment items to inform Common Core implementation since the assessments are based on the same set of standards.

Common Core Implementation  The Common Core State Standards identify what students need to know and be able to do in each grade level in order to be prepared for college and career.  Teachers will decide the best way to teach their students in order for them to meet Common Core expectations.  The sample assessment items are one tool that teachers can use to help guide Common Core implementation.

Jim Mamer  5-8 th grade math teacher  Completing 25 th year of teaching  Rockway School, Springfield, Ohio  Professional Development leader for middle school teachers for past 15 years  Recipient of numerous math awards/honors at the local, state, and national level and most importantly has enjoyed seeing students grow through the 3 to 4 years he gets to work with them at a small school

Math Shifts 2-4 concepts focused on deeply in each grade Focus Concepts logically connected from one grade to the next and linked to other major topics within the grade Coherence Fluency with arithmetic, application of knowledge to real world situations, and deep understanding of mathematical concepts Rigor

Overview of Sample Assessment Items  I will provide a glimpse of:  the mathematics being assessed,  how it’s being assessed, and  ways in which students will need to be able to interact with technology for these select items.  I will then offer my thoughts on how these items are impacting my teaching of the Common Core Standards as well as what this means for how I work with my colleagues.

Reflections  How the sample assessment items are impacting my teaching of the Common Core Standards  What the sample assessment items mean for how I work with my colleagues

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Wrap-Up  We hope that Jim Mamer’s reflections will help you and your colleagues to use the sample assessment items as a tool in guiding local implementation of the Common Core State Standards.  The Council of Chief State School Officers has several resources on Common Core implementation you may find useful as well. They can be found at:

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