Standards for STEM education:Common Core and the Next

Generation Science Standards: July 25, 2013

Greta BornemannTeaching and Learning

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Then: Scattering the Seeds of Reform

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Learning Improvement Days (LID)

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Now: A more aligned approach

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District-directed professional learning structures

Connected Assessment & Accountability Systems

Student and School Success

Professional Learning Aligned to Standards

Educator Effectiveness Systems

Aligned Federal and State Programs

Regional Support Systems (ESDs)

National Board Certification

BEA Funding and Policy Recommendations

Comprehensive Mentor & Induction Programs (BEST)

Pre-Service Programs

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Career and College Ready State Learning Standards for ALL Students

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Moving toward Career and College Ready Standards

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“These standards are not intended to be new names

for old ways of doing business.”

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Career and college ready learning standards for k-12 All

students leave high

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Vision

Every Washington Student and Educator

Our Purpose: To develop a statewide system with resources that support partners at all levels in their preparation of ALL educators

and ALL students to implement the CCSS.

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Guiding beliefs and approach for CCSS implementation in WA

2-Prongs:1. The What: Content Shifts (for students and educators)

• Belief that past standards implementation efforts have provided a strong foundation on which to build for CCSS; HOWEVER there are shifts that need to be attended to in the content and connections across programs and standards.

2. The How: System “Remodeling”• Belief that successful CCSS implementation will not take place top

down or bottom up – it must be “both, and…”• Professional learning systems are critical

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Ongoing: Statewide Coordination and Collaboration to Support Implementation (Professional Learning Providers and Partners Across WA )

Including:• School Districts (CCSS District Implementation Network) • Higher Education• Education and Educator Content Associations• Business Partners

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Washington

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Shifts in ELA1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational

texts in addition to literature2. Reading and writing grounded in evidence from the text3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabularyThese apply to content area (social studies, science, and technical subject) teachers as well as to English teachers.

Shifts in Mathematics1. Focus: 2-3 topics focused on deeply in each grade 2. Coherence: Concepts logically connected from one grade to the next

and linked to other major topics within the grade3. Rigor: Fluency with arithmetic, application of knowledge to real world

situations, and deep understanding of mathematical concepts

The “What”:ELA and Math Content Shifts

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Building Educator Capacity is KEY

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“The dramatic shift in teaching prompted by the common core will require practical, intensive, and ongoing professional learning – not one-off “spray and pray” training that exposes everyone to

the same material and hope it sticks”~Stephanie Hirsh, Learning Forward (2011)

“Current teachers must receive extensive professional development on the Common Core standards, curricular

materials, and strategies on teaching that now require students to delve deeper and develop critical thinking and analytical skills

that previous standards did not adequately address…”~ National Association of State Boards of Education (2011)

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Resources for Considering Instructional Materials

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OSPI Instructional Materials Web Site: http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/InstructionalMaterialsReview.aspx

Washington State Open Educational Resource Review

From CCSS Developers: CCSS Publisher’s Criteria – ELA and Math

Going deeper with other states: EQuiP Review Rubrics and Process

These tools can be used to…• Inform materials review and adoption process• Consider existing materials• Facilitate targeted discussions, collaboration, and professional development with

publishers and other providers

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CCSS and NGSSWashington’s Implementation Timeline & Activities

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Phase 1: CCSS and NGSSExploration

Phase 2: Build Awareness & Begin Building Statewide Capacity

Phase 3: Build Statewide Capacity and Classroom Transitions

Phase 4: Statewide Application and Assessment

Ongoing: Statewide Coordination and Collaboration to Support

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Next Generation Science StandardsStatus • Comparative Analysis (WA and NGSS) – Completed June 2013

• Bias and Sensitivity process – Completed June 2013

• Involve / Update key stakeholders – seek support and buy-in • Ed. Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Commission• Legislative Committees• State Board of Education • State Curriculum Advisory and Review Committee• Education Associations• State Business and Industry / Private Partners

• Consider policy implications (HS assessments and course requirements)

• OSPI NGSS adoption: Superintendent Dorn – Anticipated Late summer 2013

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NGSS and WA Standards Comparison

Washington (2009)

• Four Essential Academic Learning Requirements1. Systems2. Inquiry3. Application4. Domains

• Life Science• Physical Science• Earth and Space Science

NGSS(2013)

• Three Dimensions1. Science and Engineering

Practices2. Disciplinary Core Ideas

• Life Science• Physical Science• Earth and Space Science• Engineering and Technology (new)

3. Crosscutting Concepts• Explicit connections to:• Other science disciplines at this grade level• Other DCIs for older and younger students• Common Core State Standards in

Mathematics and English Language Arts

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Updates in Assessment

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2013 Legislative Decisions RegardingHigh School Assessments

• Accountability will move to Grade 11 Smarter Balanced tests in 2014-15: English Language Arts & Math

• Three Exit Exams (ELA, Math, Biology):• English Language Arts:

• Class of 2013 & 2014 • HSPE Reading and Writing

• Class of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 • HSPE Reading and Writing, • OR new 11th Smarter Balanced ELA Test, • OR new 10th ELA Exit Exam

• Class of 2019 and beyond • 11th Smarter Balanced ELA Test

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2013 Legislative Decisions RegardingHigh School Assessments, Cont’d

• Math:• Class of 2013 & 2014 • Algebra 1 EOC OR Geometry EOC

• Class of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 • Algebra 1 EOC, • OR Geometry EOC, • OR new 11th Smarter Balanced Comprehensive Math Test, • OR new Algebra 1 EOC Exit Exam,• OR new Geometry EOC Exit Exam

• Class of 2019 and beyond - 11th Smarter Balanced Math Test• Science:

• Class of 2015, 2016, 2017…. until Next Generation Science Standards are adopted, implemented and assessed – Biology EOC

• When NGSS are implemented – Comprehensive NGSS Test• Certificate of Academic Achievement options remain available for all

cohorts

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What’s Happening This Year, 2013-14?• Exit exams remain the same (HSPE, EOC)

• CAA options remain the same• Class of 2013 had some relaxation of Collection of Evidence rules that

had been newly implemented – these will not continue (COE is limited to one submission per content area throughout HS, and requires two attempts on general assessment before submitting)

• Schools will be recruited for Smarter Balanced field test• Trying to avoid students having to take current test AND field test• Should know by beginning of August how double testing can be

avoided

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Questions?

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Thank you!

Common Core Supports:- Greta Bornemann, Greta.Bornemann@k12.wa.us

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