Power Standards a.k.a. Essential Standards, Core Standards

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Power Standards(a.k.a. Essential Standards, Core
Standards)

• PLC Question 1
• What do we expect students to learn?

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National Mathematics Advisory Panel Final Report

• Finding 32
• districts should strive for greater agreement
  regarding which topics will be emphasized and
  covered at particular grades.

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Power Standards

• coined by Dr. Douglas Reeves of the Center of
  Performance Assessment
• (Power Standards are) those standards that, once
  mastered, give a student the ability to use
  reasoning and thinking skills to learn and
  understand other curriculum objectives.

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The Safety Net Curriculum

• Dr. Douglas Reeves refers to Power Standards as
  the safety net curriculum

• a very limited set of learning objectives
  organized for each grade and for each subject.

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The Safety Net Curriculum

• Power Standards are
• NOT the total curriculum
• The safety net that every teacher should ensure
  that every student knows.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• are a prioritized subset of the state standards.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• are derived from a systematic and balanced
  approach.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• represent our ultimate goals for student
  achievement.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• give school systems a common focus.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• represent the must teach - must learn.

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What are Power Standards?

• Power Standards
• represent a deep standards-based vertical
  conversation.

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The Wish List

• On your paper
• Write your grade level and one subject area you
  teach
• List three concepts or skills you wish every
  student had mastery of before they enter your
  classroom
• Post your wish list

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Wish List Examples
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Why Power Standards?

• Educators who are given no strategies for
  managing the volume of standards must, on their
  own, pick and choose the ones they believe will
  most benefit their students.

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Pick and Choose method

• Inconsistencies as to which standards are
  emphasized and which are not.
• Gaps in the learning continuum begin to show.
• Educators feel that they must cover all the
  standards with less than optimum depth.
• Negative impact on high stakes assessments if the
  wrong standards are targeted.

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Why Power Standards?

• Educators need the opportunity to deepen
  knowledge and understanding of the state
  standards on a vertical level

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Teaming

• The power is in the conversation
• Professional learning community opportunity
• Vertical teaming

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Power Standards?!?

• ALL standards will still be taught, but more
  emphasis
• will be placed on the
• Power Standards.

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How to Identify Power Standards

• Criteria of
• Endurance
• Leverage
• Readiness for the next grade
• Testable
• Essential Question What do your students need
  for success in school (this year, next year and
  so on), in life, and on the state tests?

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Power Standards Identification Criteria

• Endurance Will this standard or indicator
  provide students with knowledge and skills that
  will be of value beyond a single test date?

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Power Standards Identification Criteria

• 2. Leverage Will this standard or indicator
  provide knowledge and skills that will be of
  value in multiple disciplines?

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Power Standards Identification Criteria

• 3. Readiness for the next level of learning

• Will this standard or indicator provide knowledge
  and skills that is required for the next level of
  learning?

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Lets Try It

• What you need for this activity
• Criteria Recording Sheet
• State Mathematics Standards
• State Test Item Specifications

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Criteria Recording Sheet

• Score with a check mark on each of the following
• Does it have leverage?
• Does it have endurance?
• Will it prepare the students to move forward?
• Will it be tested?

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Power Standards Identification Criteria

• An Essential Question to keep in your mind as you
  identify Power Standards
• What do your students need for success in
• School
• Life
• State Test

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Final Thoughts

• Identifying Power Standards does not relieve
  teachers of the responsibility for teaching all
  standards and indicators.
• It must be decided which standards are critical
  for student success, and which other ones can be
  given less emphasis.
• The power is in the conversation!!!

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Questions
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As you EXIT