1. Common Core State Standards
A Presentation to the Board of Education
October 16, 2012
Common Core State Standards
Mark Cerutti, Associate Superintendent,
Anne Zeman, Ed.D., Director, Curriculum/Professional Learning
Jerrilyn Ewing, Director, Instructional Support
Don Azevada, Program Specialist, History/Social Science
LaRae Blomquist, Curriculum Specialist, E/LA
Mark Freathy, Curriculum Specialist, Math
Ray Pietersen, Program Specialist, Science

2. Outcomes: Understand the background and rationale of the CCSS
Understand the shifts and implications for students and teachers in EGUSD for
Math
English/Language Arts (E/LA)
History/Social Science (H/SS)
Science
Recognize next steps 2

3. Common Core State Standards
Are aligned with college and career expectations;
Are clear, understandable and consistent;
Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills;
Clarify the voluntary aspect to avoid the idea of “federal” standards. (1 min.)
What top performing countries? Singapore, Finland 3

4. Common Core State Standards
Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society;
Are evidence-based;
Were developed by states as a collaborative initiative.
Clarify the voluntary aspect to avoid the idea of “federal” standards. (1 min.)
What top performing countries? Singapore, Finland 4

5. California’s Common Core State Standards
By agreement, states had to adopt CCSS word for word, but they could add 15%. (CA signifies this with underlining bold text.)
CCSS were adopted by the California Board of Education on August 2, 2010.
Clarify the voluntary aspect to avoid the idea of “federal” standards.

6. States That Have Adopted the CCSS
August 2, 2010
CA adopted the revised CCSS on Aug. 2, 2010.

7. Common Core Causes SHIFTS in Education
What are the SHIFTS in what we teach?

8. Shifts Demanded by the CCSS: Math
Standards develop foundational knowledge on critical concepts
Students become efficient and accurate in developing computational fluency
Students develop a deep conceptual understanding of core content and understand why a mathematical idea is important
Students apply math concepts in “real world” situations

9. Two Types of Math Standards
Mathematical Practices-describe a set of 8 skills and processes that all students should develop as part of their study of mathematics (Same for K – 12th)
Content Standards- the mathematics the students are expected to learn in each grade or course
Don’t “publish” this slide in handouts
There are two types of standards- at this point go to the administrators snapshot. Mathematical practices are bulleted. This describes a set of skills and processes students should develop. What you will see all the mathematical reasoning standards are not a part of these mathematical practices. You won’t see the reasoning in the content standards, they are more skill oriented now.
Content Standards- Students will be able to… 9

10. Standards for Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of structure
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Don’t “publish” this slide in handouts
You can see we are asking kids to…
Scott Ferand is really concerned about the critique of reasoning of others… how are we going to get kids to do this in a respectful manner. This is an important skill to teach our kids. We need to distinguish for kids between critique vs. criticize. 10

11. Alignment to EGUSD Math Plan
Four Areas of Instructional Focus
Three Strategies
Multiple Representations/ Side-by-Side Instructional model
Fractional Thinking (this includes decimals and percents)
Number Sense: Students build mathematical intuition and flexibility.
Academic Language
This is how EGUSD is transitioning to CCSS
We are going to do it by… see first rectangle above
The three strategies we are going to build from K-12th grade
Decomposition
Bar Modeling
Number line 11 11

12. Shifts Brought by the CCSS: E/LA
Increase reading of informational texts
Increased text complexity of reading texts as measured by lexile level
Focus on academic vocabulary within context of texts 12

13. Shifts Brought by the CCSS: E/LA
Emphasis on text-dependent questions and performance tasks
Connect writing to reading with frequent opportunities to research information
Provide literacy instruction in all content areas 13

14. Shifts Demanded by the CCSS: History/Social Science Literacy Skills
Reading
Key Ideas and Details
Close reading and textual evidence of primary/secondary sources
Craft and Structure
Text Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Two or more texts on the same topic
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Read complex text independently and proficiently
Although there is evidence of these skills in H/SS classrooms. The shift in focus of Common Core is mastering these skills as a means to access the content.

15. Shifts Demanded by the CCSS: Science Literacy Skills
Reading
Key Ideas and Details
Close reading and textual evidence to support analysis of text
Craft and Structure
Text Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integrating quantitative textual information with information presented in other visual forms
Compare and contrast experimental information with information gained from the text
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Read complex text independently and proficiently
Although there is evidence of these skills in Science classrooms. The shift in focus of Common Core is mastering these skills as a means to access the content.

16. Shifts Demanded by the CCSS: History/ Social Science and Science Literacy Skills
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
Write arguments using discipline specific evidence and claims
Production and Distribution of Writing
Using technology to produce, publish and collaborate
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Conduct short or sustained research projects
Range of Writing
Write routinely and for a range of tasks
Although there is evidence of these skills in H/SS and Science classrooms. The shift in focus of Common Core is mastering these writing skills as a means to show college and career readiness through and understanding of the content.

17. What Is EGUSD Doing to Transition to CCSS?
Change pic – Find students of diverse ethnicities and ages

18. CCSS Transition Timeline: 2012-13
EGUSD transition to CCSS for E/LA
3rd-6th grades implementing CCSS
7-12 beginning implementation
EGUSD transition to CCSS for Math
K-2 grades implementing CCSS
Discuss “backwards mapping” using the testing timeline to inform the plan.
Smarter Balanced testing by grade levels is based on most up to date information.

19. CCSS Transition Timeline: 2013-14
EGUSD transition to CCSS for E/LA:
Grades K-2
Grades 7-12
EGUSD transition to CCSS for Math:
Grades 3-6
Grades 7-12 (Mathematical Practices)
EGUSD transition to CCSS Literacy Standards in 7 – 12 History/Social Science
EGUSD transition to CCSS Literacy Standards in 7 – 12 Science
Discuss “backwards mapping” using the testing timeline to inform the plan.
Smarter Balanced testing by grade levels is based on most up to date information.

20. CCSS Transition Timeline: 2014-15
Testing begins in
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
Testing for grades 3-8, and 11
Includes summative and optional interim assessments
Discuss “backwards mapping” using the testing timeline to inform the plan.
Smarter Balanced testing by grade levels is based on most up to date information.

21. What Is EGUSD Doing to Support the Transition?

22. Communication was the first step.
Communication was the first step.

23. How Does CCSS Affect EGUSD’s Teachers?
Learning Curve for Teachers
Awareness
Understanding the new Standards
Implementation Training
New Thinking, New Planning

24. CCSS Support for Teachers

25. How Does CCSS Affect EGUSD’s Parents?
Parents need support:
Understanding why we have new standards
Understanding how they can support their students
Resources Provided to Date:
Back-to-School PowerPoint
Parent Tab on CCSS blog
CCSS Math Nights Being Designed

26. How Does CCSS Affect EGUSD’s Digital Education Initiative?
CCSS affects assessment and instruction.
Assessments are internet-dependent
Students will take the assessments online.
The web-based nature will allow the questions to
Be varied from student-to-student
Be changed in terms of level of difficulty to match students’ performance level based upon correct (or incorrect) responses.
Results will be provided with a much quicker turn- around time than currently experienced.

27. How Does CCSS Affect EGUSD’s Digital Education Initiative?
The internet will be used for instruction.
Example:
Reading standard #7 requires 8th graders to
“evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums such as print, digital text, video, or multi-media, to present a particular topic or idea.”

28. Common Core State Standards
A Presentation to the Board of Education
October 16, 2012
Common Core State Standards
Mark Cerutti, Associate Superintendent,
Anne Zeman, Ed.D., Director, Curriculum/Professional Learning
Jerrilyn Ewing, Director, Instructional Support
Don Azevada, Program Specialist, History/Social Science
LaRae Blomquist, Curriculum Specialist, E/LA
Mark Freathy, Curriculum Specialist, Math
Ray Pietersen, Program Specialist, Science