WELCOME SMS PTOCommon Core State StandardsSmarter Balanced Assessment

Why do we need Common Core State Standards?

http://vimeo.com/51933492

3 minute video

Where did the Common Core

standards come from?

• Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, teachers, school administrators, and experts worked together to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare students for college and workforce.

• Standards adopted by most states.

CCSS Mission Statement

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

Shifts in ELA Common Core

Standards:

Staircase of complexity design, the standards build upon each other

A combination of literary and informational texts

Integration of Social Science and Science content knowledge

3 types of writing: Informative/Explanatory, Narrative, and Opinion/Persuasive taught K-12

Emphasis on academic vocabulary

Focus-narrow and deepen the scope

Coherence connecting across grade levels

Fluency-speed and accuracy

Deep understanding

Application of concepts

Dual Intensity -practice and understand

Shifts in Common Core Mathematics

Grade Priorities in Support of Rich Instruction and Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding

K–2 Addition and subtraction, measurement using whole number quantities

3–5 Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions

6 Ratios and proportional reasoning; early expressions and equations

7 Ratios and proportional reasoning; arithmetic of rational numbers

8 Linear algebra

Priorities in Mathematics

New Common Core Assessments

Who is creating them?SMARTER-Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)When will students take these tests?Field test 2014, adaptive test 2015What is the purpose?To develop a comprehensive and innovative assessment system for grades 3-8 and grade 11 in English Language Arts and Mathematics aligned to the Common Core Standards so that students leave high school prepared for post secondary success in college or a career.What will happen to CMTs?SBAC will replace CMTs , science CMT will continue to be administered in grades 5 and 8 (March 13, 2014)

Summative assessments aligned to Common Core State Standards

Computer adaptive Administered during last 12 weeks of school year Results will show achievement and growth Question types:

1. Selected Response2. Constructed Response

3. Extended Response 4. Performance –Based Tasks 5. Technology-Enhanced 6. Technology-Enabled

How will the National Assessments be different

than the CMT?

SBAC Schedule at SMS 2014Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3/17/14 

3/18/14 3/19/14 3/20/14 SBAC 3/21/14 SBAC

3/24/14 

3/25/14 conferences conferences 3/28/14MidFest Tour

3/31/14 SBAC 

4/1/14 SBAC 4/2/14 4/3/14  MidFest Rehearsal

4/4/14

4/7/14 

4/8/14 4/9/14 4/10/14 4/11/14

Vacation 

Vacation Vacation Vacation Vacation

4/21/14 

4/22/14 4/23/14 SBAC classroom activity

4/24/14 SBAC 4/25/14 SBAC

4/28/14 4/29/14 4/30/14 SBAC classroom activity

5/1/14 SBAC 5/2/14 SBAC

Calendar for March / April / May

Computer Based Assessment Desk tops Lap tops Chrome books External mouse Headphones Extended time for all Practice tests

https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/

Grade 7 ELA

Grade 6 Math

Where are we headed?

Partnership for 21Century Learning presents: Above and Beyond

5 minute video

Twenty-first century learning:

•critical thinking and problem solving; •communication, collaboration; •creativity and innovation.