1. Background Information Next Steps

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY2mRM4i 6tY

3.  State-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).  Standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.  College and Career Readiness Skills

4.  California adopted CCSS ELA and Math along with 44 other states.  K – 12 ELA ◦ Anchor Standards ◦ Reading: Literature, Informational Text, Foundational Skills ◦ Writing ◦ Listening and Speaking ◦ Language ◦ Range, Quality, and Complexity

5.  Grades 6 – 12 Literacy in HSS, Science, and Technical Subjects ◦ HSS ◦ Science ◦ Technical Subjects ◦ Writing

6.  Mathematics K – 12 ◦ Grade specific domains ◦ California added about 8% to CCSS ◦ As of January 2013, no longer an Algebra course in California

7. http://www.corestandards.org/about-the standards http://www.sdcoe.net/commoncore/

8.  Two consortiums created to write assessments for CCSS  California chose Smarter Balanced and is a “governing state”  Smarter Balanced is currently piloting technology requirements  Field testing of questions in fall and spring 2013-2014  Current implementation timeline is 2014-2015 school year

9.  Grades 3 – 8; 11  Four question types ◦ Selected-response items prompt students to select one or more responses for a set of options. ◦ Technology-enhanced items collect evidence through a non-traditional response type, such as editing text or drawing an object. Selected-response and technology- enhanced items can be scored automatically. ◦ Constructed-response items prompt students to produce a text or numerical response through writing about their knowledge or understanding of a given assessment target. ◦ Performance tasks measure a student’s ability to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards—a key component of college and career readiness.

10. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample items-and-performance-tasks/

11.  16 Carlton Oaks teachers/admin attending ELA and math specific “awareness” workshops conducted by SDCOE at ERC, Feb – March  13 Carlton Oaks teachers/admin attending ELA workshop in April or June: Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work conducted by Nancy Frey, SDSU  Your homework for our next session on March 22, review the grade level specific standards provided to you today