2016 Teacher Leader Summit Louisiana’s Student Standards for Mathematics

Agenda

Louisiana Believes 2

• Understanding Louisiana’s New Student Standards • Overview of Process • Overview of Changes • Details of Changes

• Supporting the Transition to the New Standards

• Resources • Support

Standards Committees & Participation

Content Subcommittees 29 members each

Review public comments Propose content

recommendations Each subcommittee is represented

on the Standards Committee

Standards Steering Committee 26 members

Guide process and updates Make final recommendation to

BESE

Standards Committee

K-2 Content Subcommittee

3-12 ELA Content

Subcommittee

3-12 Math Content

Subcommittee

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Louisiana Student Standards: Review Process

Step Objective Date Public Comment Portal

Collect public feedback from parents, committee members, educators, and other citizens

July 2015–Feb. 2016

Standards Committee and Content Subcommittees

Launch standards review process with standards committee and content subcommittees

August 2015

Content Subcommittees Produce first draft October 2015

Standards Committee Review first draft and feedback November 2015

Content Subcommittees Produce first draft Dec. 2015–Jan. 2016

Standards Committee

Final draft and vote on new K–12 Louisiana Student Standards for ELA and math

February 2, 2016

BESE Vote to approve or reject new K–12 Louisiana Student Standards for ELA and math

March 3, 2016

Nearly 100 educators and community members from across the state spent over six months developing new K–12 Louisiana Student Standards. Timeline and process for Standards Review:

Standards Committees & Participation

Over 80% of the committees were made up of educators. Each committee included representatives from higher education:

Frank Neubrander (Louisiana State University) mathematics Lisa Rougeou (Northwestern) English language arts Jeanne Burns (Board of Regents) standards committee Mary Breaud (Nicholls State University) early elementary specialist Stan Barrerra (LA Assn of Colleges of Teacher Education) English language arts Many other committee members are adjunct or full time professors at Louisiana institutions of

higher education. The committee members above are official representatives from higher education.

Early childhood and special education representatives included: Debbie Rickards (Louisiana Reading Association) Michelle Joubert (Louisiana Early Childhood Association) Mary Breaud (Nicholls State University) early elementary specialist Aeneid Mason (special education) Demarious Poole (special education) Allison Cupit (special education)

Louisiana Student Standards: Review Process

Each content subcommittee member spent many hours reviewing public comment, drafting the standards, meeting with other committee members to discuss their work, meeting with educators in the field to solicit feedback, and revising their work. • Each committee member spent an average of 40 hours attending review meetings. • Each committee member spent an average of 50 hours independently reviewing

public comment, preparing drafts of standards, and researching and reviewing outside materials.

• The committee chairs spent an average of 150 hours reviewing materials,

preparing for meetings, and preparing standards and summaries for committees. • Collectively to date, committee members spent over 9,000 hours developing the

new Louisiana Student Standards.

Louisiana Student Standards

• On February 2, 2016, the Standards Steering Committee voted to approve the proposed Louisiana Student Standards for English language arts and mathematics.

• On March 4, 2016, BESE voted to approve the new Louisiana Student Standards.

Dig in to the Standards and Teachers Companion Documents

Choose one grade band: • K-2 math • 3-5 math • 6-8 math • High school math 1) Go to the area designated for the grade band. 2) Divide into grade-level groups and pair with another person in your grade level. 3) Printed materials provided for each grade-level group:

• Enhanced Crosswalk documents (20 copies) • Pages from the Teachers Companion document (20 copies) • Suggestions to guide your work. (1 per pair)

4) Record your reflections in writing on your suggestion sheet. 5) Follow your grade-band facilitator’s instructions for grade-band discussions. NEW RESOURCE: Please leave copies when finished.

Louisiana Student Standards - Math

Goal for K-12 Mathematics Students in Louisiana are ready for college or a career if they are able to meet college and workplace expectations without needing remediation in mathematics skills and concepts. The standards represent the steps students must take to be able to meet this goal. Standards Review • Louisiana educators created a new set of standards written specifically to address the

needs of Louisiana students. The new standards ensure connections that • provide a smooth transition from one grade to the next, • realign standards to provide developmentally appropriate content for all grades or courses while

maintaining high expectations, • are not vague or open to multiple interpretations, and • allow teachers to choose the most appropriate method for teaching specific content.

• Louisiana educators rewrote 26% of the 433 math standards for grades K-12 after discussing each standard.

K-2 Math 3-12 Math

10% rewritten 28% rewritten

Louisiana Student Standards - Math

FOCUS: Louisiana’s new standards ensure connections that provide smooth transitions from one grade to the next. EXAMPLE: Currency standards were added to kindergarten, first and third grades to more effectively build students understanding of currency over time. IMPLICATION: Provides a progression of skills and understanding that did not exist before. Allows teachers to integrate the teaching of currency with other standards (e.g., Kindergarten students can use coin names in conjunction with K.OA standards).

Louisiana Student Standards - Math

FOCUS: Louisiana’s new standards provide developmentally appropriate content for all grades or courses while maintaining high expectations.

EXAMPLE:

• A Grade 3 standard requiring students to divide a figure into different sections in order to find its total area was considered developmentally inappropriate by many who provided public feedback. This standard was moved as written to Grade 4 to ensure that the expectation did not change.

• Many high school standards required applying the same skills to various equation types. Committees determined the proper placement for each equation type and assigned each one to the appropriate high school course without changing the expectation of the standard.

IMPLICATION: Content is more grade- or course-level appropriate while maintaining the rigor of the standards and creating better progressions for student learning.

Louisiana Student Standards - Math

FOCUS: Louisiana’s new standards are clear and not open to multiple interpretations. EXAMPLE: IMPLICATION: Teachers know the exact content, skills, and understandings expected of students.

Louisiana Student Standards - Math

FOCUS: Louisiana’s new standards allow teachers to choose the most appropriate method for teaching specific content EXAMPLE: One of the original standards in Grade 4 indicated that students were to “apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number.” The standard was revised to read “Multiply a fraction by a whole number” allowing teachers to determine the most appropriate method of instruction. IMPLICATION: Allows teachers to determine which prior knowledge will make the best connections for his/her students.

Agenda

Louisiana Believes 14

• Understanding Louisiana’s New Student Standards • Overview of Process • Overview of Changes • Details of Changes

• Supporting the Transition to the New Standards

• Resources • Support

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Louisiana Student Standards: Academic Support Plan

Area Support and Timeline

Curriculum and Resources

• New standards tools: posted • Updated Standards document • Enhanced Crosswalk documents • Grade-level Teachers Companion documents • Updated Remediation Guides

• Updated LDOE website • Parent communication tools • Instructional materials reviews:

• Guidance overview details what, by grade level, will need to be adjusted in order to align to Louisiana’s standards – posted

• Updated instructional materials review rubrics – posted • Updated instructional materials reviews – August

• Math curriculum updates: Eureka math –June Springboard –posted Bridges in Mathematics – posted

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Louisiana Student Standards: Academic Support Plan

Area Support and Timeline

Professional Development

• District Professional Development Vendor Course Catalog • Trainings on Standards Offered Multiple Times – June TL Summit LSU Cain Center

• Do We Have Time for Time (& Money)? (K-3) Session T092 • Measurement & Data’s role in conceptual understanding of Operations & Algebraic Thinking standards (3-5) Session T051 • Statistics and Probability in Geometry (HS) Session T072

Illustrative Math • A Study of the Functions Taught in Algebra II Session T075 • Ratio and Fraction: What’s the difference? (6-8) Session T066

The Dana Center • What story does it tell? Building Understanding of Rates of Change (6-8) Session T067

• Numerous trainings available throughout the school year: Teacher Leader Regional Collaborations

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Teacher Next Steps

• Review the new standards in full with your grade-level school team. • Consider all revisions needed to local instructional materials.

• Follow district guidance regarding the use of resources.

Thank you for your participation!

If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact louisianateacherleaders@la.gov