Introduction to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and PARCC Assessments

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Introduction to the Common Core State Standards
for Mathematics (CCSSM) and PARCC Assessments
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• Created by
• COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS (CCSSO)
• NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION

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Standards Development Process

• Summer 2009 - Develop college and career
  readiness standards
• Develop K-12 learning progressions
• Collect multiple rounds of feedback from states,
  teachers, researchers, higher education and the
  general public
• June 2, 2010 - Final Common Core State Standards
  released

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Why is this important?

• Previously, each state had their own academic
  standards.
• Students will now have less difficulty moving
  between schools and states.
• All students have clear expectations and skills
  to compete with both American and international
  peers.
• Textbooks can have more focus, coherence and
  rigor.
• States can share resources and compare data.

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45 States DC Have Adopted the Math Common Core
State Standards

• Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only
• www.corestandards.org

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The Common Core State Standards

• Have rigorous content and application of
  knowledge
• Use lessons learned from current state standards
• Are internationally benchmarked
• Are based on evidence and research

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Common Core State Standards

• Fewer, Clearer, Higher
• Focus
• Coherence
• Rigor

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Intentional Design Limitations

• What the Standards do NOT define
• The nature of advanced work beyond the core
• The interventions needed for students well below
  grade level
• The full range of support for English language
  learners and students with special needs

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Standards for Mathematical Practice

• These are K-12 standards that describe habits of
  mind of a mathematically proficient student
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
  them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the
  reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated
  reasoning.

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Standards for Mathematical Content

• K-8 Standards presented by grade level
• Each grade introductions highlights critical
  areas
• Organized into domains that progress over several
  grades
• High School Standards presented by conceptual
  categories (Number Quantity, Algebra,
  Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics
  Probability)

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CCSSM Vocabulary

• Organization of the document
• Standards define what students should understand
  and be able to do.
• Clusters summarize groups of related standards.
• Domains are larger groups of related standards.
• Standards from different domains and clusters
  may sometimes be closely related.

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K-8
Domain
Operations Algebraic Thinking 5.OA

• Write and interpret numerical expressions.
• 5.OA.1. Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in
  numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions
  with these symbols.
• 5.OA.2. Write simple expressions that record
  calculations with numbers, and interpret
  numerical expressions without evaluating them.
  For example, express the calculation add 8 and
  7, then multiply by 2 as 2 (8 7). Recognize
  that 3 (18932 921) is three times as large as
  18932 921, without having to calculate the
  indicated sum or product.

Standards
Cluster
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Putting It All Together

• Standards Important but insufficient
• To be effective in improving education and
  getting all students ready for college, workforce
  training, and life, the Standards must be
  partnered with a content-rich curriculum and
  robust assessments, both aligned to the Standards.

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The Assessment Proposals

• The Process
• Proposals were due from multi-state consortia on
  June 23, 2010
• Awards were made in September, 2010
• New Consortia tests will replace the current
  state NCLB tests in 2014-2015

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Assessment Consortia

• PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness
  for College and Career, this is a 24-state
  consortium that is developing assessments for
  grades 3-11. (Illinois)
• Smarter Balance This is the second major
  consortium developing assessments.
• ASSETS English Language Proficiency Assessment
  System this consortium is developing
  assessments for English Language Learners.
  (Illinois)
• DLM Dynamic Learning Maps Assessment Consortium
  - this consortium is developing assessments for
  students with disabilities.
• NCSC National Center and State Collaborative
  this consortium is also developing assessments
  for students with disabilities.

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Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and
Careers (PARCC)
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Key Advances of the CCSSM
MATHEMATICS
Focus, coherence and clarity emphasis on key topics at each grade level and coherent progression across grades
Balance between procedural fluency and understanding of concepts and skills
Promote rigor through mathematical proficiencies that foster reasoning and understanding across discipline
ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
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Claims Driving Design Mathematics
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Goals of the PARCC System

1. Create high-quality assessments
2. Build a pathway to college and career readiness
   for all students
3. Support educators in the classroom
4. Develop 21st century, technology-based
   assessments
5. Advance accountability at all levels
6. Build an assessment that is sustainable and
   affordable

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Goal 1 Create High Quality Assessments

• Priority Purposes of PARCC Assessments
• Determine whether students are college- and
  career-ready or on track
• Assess the full range of the Common Core
  Standards, including standards that are difficult
  to measure
• Measure the full range of student performance,
  including high and low performing students
• Provide data during the academic year to inform
  instruction, interventions and professional
  development
• Provide data for accountability, including
  measures of growth
• Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the
  system

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Goal 2 Build a Pathway to College and Career
Readiness for All Students
Optional K-2 formative assessment being
developed, aligned to the PARCC system
Timely student achievement data showing students,
parents and educators whether ALL students are
on-track to college and career readiness
College readiness score to identify who is ready
for college-level coursework

• Targeted interventions supports
• 12th-grade bridge courses
• PD for educators

SUCCESS IN FIRST-YEAR, CREDIT-BEARING,
POSTSECONDARY COURSEWORK
ONGOING STUDENT SUPPORTS/INTERVENTIONS
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Goal 3 Support Educators in the Classroom
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Goal 4 Develop 21st Century, Technology-Based
Assessments

• PARCCs assessment will be computer-based and
  leverage technology in a range of ways to
• Item Development
• Develop innovative tasks that engage students in
  the assessment process
• Administration
• Reduce paperwork, increase security, reduce
  shipping/receiving storage
• Increase access to and provision of
  accommodations for SWDs and ELLs
• Scoring
• Make scoring more efficient by combining human
  and automated approaches
• Reporting
• Produce timely reports of students performance
  throughout the year to inform instructional,
  interventions, and professional development

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Minimum Technology Guidelines
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PARCC Assessment Design
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PARCC Timeline Through 2012
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PARCC Timeline through 2015
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PARCC More Than Just Another Test

• To support state efforts to implement and
  transition to the Common Core and next generation
  assessments, PARCC will facilitate
• Strategic planning and collective problem solving
  for the implementation of CCSS and PARCC
  assessments
• Collaborative efforts to develop the highest
  priority instructional and support tools
• Multi-state support to build leadership cadres of
  educators
• Multi-state support to engage the postsecondary
  community around the design and use of the
  assessments
• Technology transition support for state and
  district

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Discussion time

• What new information did I learn?
• Are there stakeholders in my school/district that
  still need this information?
• What questions do I have?

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Content Area Specialists

• Heather Brown
• hbrown_at_pdaonline.org
• Alanna Mertens
• almertens_at_cps.edu
• Patricia Reisdorf
• preisdor_at_kidsroe.org