Overview of the Common Core State Standards CCSS

Overview of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects and Mathematics May 8, 2012

What are the CCSS? �A set of research-based K-12 content standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics � 46 states have adopted the CCSS � Define what students should know and able to do to prepare them to succeed in college and the workforce � Fewer, clearer, higher

How Were the CCSS Developed? � Founding Organizations: ◦ National Governors Association Center for Best Practices ◦ Council of Chief State School Officers (Commissioners) � Development Process: ◦ Teachers ◦ Parents ◦ School Administrators ◦ Colleges ◦ National Education Association ◦ National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ◦ National Council of Teachers of English ◦ National Parent Teacher Association ◦ etc.

Why Were the CCSS Developed? � Different � Student � Global standards across states mobility competition � Today’s jobs require different skills

Key Features of the English Language Arts CCSS � Focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening, language � Emphasis on more informational reading and writing (to inform, persuade, explain) � Skills related to media use are integrated throughout the standards � Text complexity has been raised

Standards for English Language Arts Content Grade Level Domains � Literature � Informational Text � Foundational Skills � Writing � Speaking and Listening � Language K– 8 6 -8 � Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects � Writing in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Key Features of the Mathematics CCSS � Mathematical Standards Practice and Content � Combination of procedure and understanding � Mastery of standards through grade 7 prepares students for Algebra in grade 8

Standards for Mathematical Content Grade Level Domains K– 5 � Counting and Cardinality � Operations and Algebraic Thinking � Number and Operations in Base Ten � Number and Operations – Fractions � Measurement and Data � Geometry 6 -8 � Ratios and Proportional Relationships � The Number System � Expressions and Equations � Functions � Geometry � Statistics and Probability

� CCSS Vs. NH GLE’s 7 th Grade Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. o No matching GLE � NH GLE 8 th Grade Understanding, Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Texts/Citing Evidence: Compare stories and other texts to related personal experience, prior knowledge, or to other books o No matching CCSS

CCSS Vs. NH GLE’s continued � Grade 6 GLE: Accurately solves problems involving single or multiple operations on fractions (proper, improper, and mixed), or decimals; and addition or subtraction of integers; percent of a whole; or problems involving greatest common factor or least common multiple. � Grade 5 CCSS: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators.

Assessment Transition Timeline Ø Fall 2011 NECAP as usual Ø Fall 2012 NECAP (with some math transitional items) Ø Fall 2013 Final NECAP (transitional test) Ø Fall 2014 No fall NECAP test Ø Spring 2015 Common Core State Standards Test

SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium � One of two multistate consortia awarded funding by the U. S. Department of Education to develop an assessment system based on the CCSS � Summative assessments � Optional interim assessments � On-line, computer adaptive assessments

Sample Performance Tasks � Grade 4 Informational Text: Students determine the main idea of Colin A. Ronan’s “Telescopes” and create a summary by explaining how key details support his distinctions regarding different types of telescopes. � Grade 8 Performance Task: Simpson Park

Next Steps for Hampstead � NH DOE has developed a “State of New Hampshire CCSS Implementation Framework” � Hampstead is developing a similar framework

Further Information on the CCSS http: //www. corestandards. org/ http: //www. education. nh. gov/spotlight/ccss/ index. htm http: //itunes. apple. com/us/app/common-core -standards/id 439424555? mt=8