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Common Core Common Core State StandardsState Standards
Norman Public SchoolsDr. Joe Siano, Superintendent
What is Common Core?What is Common Core?
• Set of standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics
• Aligns College and Workplace Expectations• Rigorous and Evidence-Based• Designed from the 12th grade down
How did CCSS come to be?How did CCSS come to be?• National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State
School Officers led the initiative• Organizations involved:
What is the Time Line What is the Time Line for Implementation?for Implementation?
6
Dec. 2011
46 States Have Adopted CCSS
2014 - 2015
Participating States
Administer New CCSS
Assessments
Common Core State StandardsEnglish/Language Arts
Each grade level has 42 standards:10 for Reading Literature 6 for Speaking and Listening10 for Reading Informational Text 6 for Language10 for Writing
College and Career Readiness Standards
Corresponding standards for each grade level as appropriate
Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextWritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguage
What are the Next Steps for What are the Next Steps for Language Arts?Language Arts?
• Continue creating sample lessons through the Implementation Team and Advisory Boards through spring and summer.
• Text Complexity Analysis of current texts: reading level, content of text, student task
A Three-Part Model for A Three-Part Model for Measuring Text ComplexityMeasuring Text Complexity
• Quantitative dimensions of text complexity: things computer programs measure such as words, sentences, length of words and sentences
• Qualitative dimensions of text complexity: things human readers measure such as meaning, knowledge base
• Reader and task considerations: things teachers measure such as the tasks we perform using the text such as what we talk about, what we already know, and the appropriateness of the content.
At every grade level, texts can range from Readily Accessible to Very Complex
How are we Transitioning from How are we Transitioning from Current Assessments?Current Assessments?
• 5th Grade Writing Test• 2-3 passages to read• Write a synthesis comparing how the passages
treat a subject or theme.
Norman Public Schools’ ApproachNorman Public Schools’ Approach• Have moved benchmarks and expectations of
reading and math accordingly.• Working toward all students being above
benchmark now to meet Common Core Standards later.
• Adding synthesis writing and opinion writing at every grade level in literacy and open response questions in math.
• Using Treasures as a resources for grade level text and writing tasks for students and Everyday Math to accelerate all students.