Quincy Public Schools
Planning and Implementation
February 13, 2012
Presenter:
Colleen Roberts, Assistant Superintendent
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Purpose of Standards
Overview
Timeline
What are the Standards?
ELA Highlights
Math Highlights
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pgs. 10-13
pgs. 14-21
pgs. 22-30
QPS Planning for Implementation
Curriculum Alignment and Mapping
Curriculum Needs Assessment
Professional Development
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pg. 33
Implementation Timeline - DESE
For More Information
pg. 34
pg. 35
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“These Standards are not intended to be new
names for old ways of doing business. They are a
call to take the next step. It is time for states to
work together to build on lessons learned from
two decades of standards based reforms.”
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (page 5)
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Spring 2009 – National Governor’s Association and
the council of Chief State School Officers propose
development of a common core of K-12 state
standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics
July 2010 – Common Core state standards adopted in
Massachusetts to replace the current Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks in ELA and Math contingent
upon augmenting and customizing the Common
Core
43 States and the District of Columbia have
adopted these standards
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December 2010 – DESE board votes on
adopting additional standards to the Common
Core State Standards
Up to an additional 15% of standards may be added from
the state to enhance Common Core
Math - DESE recommendation: 4% additional standards
including 10 standards for K-8 additions and 9 standards
for high school additions
ELA – DESE recommendation: 2.5% or 27 additional
standards including Pre-K standards
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Spring 2011 –
New Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks
released.
MCAS Assessment for 2011 - based solely on the current
ELA and Mathematics Frameworks
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Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
New Massachusetts Frameworks based on the Common Core
distributed to all staff
Professional Development occurs throughout the school year for
all staff regarding “unwrapping” the standards for ELA/Literacy
(including Science and Social Studies) and Math
Spring 2012
MCAS for Spring 2012 will be based on standards common
between current and new frameworks
Some test items will be based on the new frameworks but may
not be included in scoring (pilot items)
Science will remain the same
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School Year 2012-2013
MCAS for Spring 2013 will be based on standards common
between current and new frameworks
Some test items will be based on the new frameworks
School Year 2013-2014
MCAS based fully on the New Massachusetts Frameworks
based on the Common Core
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School year 2014-2015
The national test – Next Generation Assessment
(NGA) - will be given to all students
Assessments will be for students in grades 3-11
Tests are expected be given online
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The New ELA/Literacy and Math Curriculum
Frameworks, comprised primarily of the Common
Core State Standards, were written explicitly to
define the knowledge and skills that students
must master to be college and career ready by
the end of high school.
The Standards
Are aligned with College and Career readiness
Are clear, understandable and consistent
Include rigorous content and application of knowledge
through higher-order thinking skills
Build upon strengths and lessons of current state
standards
Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all
students are prepared to succeed in our global economy
and society
Are evidence based
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College and Career Readiness Anchor
standards
These standards demonstrate broad expectations for all
students to be prepared for life after high school
K-12 Grade Specific end-of-the-year
expectations
These standards are more specific, and state what
students need to be able to do and understand at the end
of each grade level
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What’s Different about the ELA
Common Core?
• The emphasis on college and career readiness
• Intentional coherence between the standards for reading
literature and informational text
• The emphasis on finding good evidence and using it
precisely
“Read like a detective,
Write like a reporter”
• Detailed standards on writing arguments, explanations
and narratives
• Standards for literacy in history/social studies, science,
and technical subjects
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Four Strands are included:
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
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Reading
Balance of literacy and Informational texts
Inclusion of text complexity
Writing
Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing
Writing about sources
Speaking and Listening
Inclusion of formal and Informal talk
Language
Stress general academic vocabulary (Tier 2 words)
Stress domain-specific vocabulary (Tier 3 words)
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Reading
Literature
Informational Text
Foundational Skills
(Grades K-5)
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Writing
Text Types
and Purpose*
Production
And Distribution
Of Writing*
Research to Build
And Present
Knowledge*
Range of Writing*: starts in Grade 3
* Based on the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
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Speaking
And
Listening
Comprehension
And
Collaboration*
Presentation of
Knowledge and
Ideas*
* Based on the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
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Language
Conventions of
Standard
English*
Knowledge of
Language*
Vocabulary
Acquisition and
Use*
Vocabulary:
•General academic words and phrases (Tier 2 words)
•Domain-Specific words and phrases (Tier 3 words)
* Based on the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
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The new standards support improved curriculum and
instruction due to increased:
– FOCUS, via critical areas at each grade level
– COHERENCE, through carefully developed
connections within and across grades
– CLARITY, with precisely worded standards that
cannot be treated as a checklist
– RIGOR, including a focus on College and Career
Readiness and Standards for Mathematical Practice
throughout Pre-K-12
Focus and Coherence
Balance of Concepts and Skills
Mathematical Practices
College and Career Readiness
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Mathematics
Math Practice
K-8
Grade Level Progress
Focal Points
Math Content
High School
Conceptual
Categories
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“Expertise” for students at all grades
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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Each Grade level includes:
Introduction
Counting and Cardinality (Kindergarten)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations – (Fractions starting in
Grade 3)
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Grades 6-8 – Statistics and Probability
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Conceptual Categories
Number and Quantity
Algebra
Functions
Geometry
Modeling
Statistics and Probability
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Two model course pathways:
Traditional:
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
Integrated:
Mathematics I, Mathematics II, Mathematics III
Additional Courses:
Precalculus, Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
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At the end of either pathway, students:
Will have studied the same standards
Are prepared for additional courses such as
Precalculus or Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
Are College and Career Ready
“College Ready” for entry level credit bearing course
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Curriculum Alignment -2011-2012
Crosswalk Documents from DESE
Curriculum Mapping
Curriculum Guides/Pacing
Curriculum Needs Assessment-2012-2013
Filling in the “Gaps” with current Curriculum
Purchase of Supplementary materials
Timeline for piloting newer materials from
publishers
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Professional development workshops and
courses beginning in Spring 2011
Including teachers and principals in all aspects
of this change-over to the new Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks
Work with Curriculum and Professional
Development Teams
Vertical Teams- Site based and District Teams
Release Time
Contractual Time
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DESE
Summer 2011 to SY 2014
Model curriculum units and performance tasks are being developed and
piloted; curriculum units will be refined and shared on ESE website by the
Spring of 2012
Districts
2011-2012
Quincy and other districts will continue making transition to the new MA
Curriculum Frameworks
2012-2013
Transition to new MA State Curriculum Frameworks to be complete
All teachers will use these new Frameworks in their
standards-based classrooms
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http://www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore
News about Massachusetts additions, professional development
and resources for alignment
As you review this information and find that you have questions,
please feel free to contact:
Colleen Roberts, Assistant Superintendent
Email: croberts@quincy.k12.ma.us
Phone: 617-984-8760
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