Common Core State Standards
Where We’re Heading
Central Florida Education Summit
June 5, 2013
Anna Shults
Deputy Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives
anna.shults@fldoe.org
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
An overview…
Who?
• The CCSS were developed and voluntarily adopted by forty-five states, including the
District of Columbia, four territories and the Department of Defense.
What?
• The CCSS are academic standards that define what students need to learn for
English/Language Arts (K-12), Mathematics (K-12), and Literacy in History/Social
Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (6-12).
When?
• In 2010, Florida’s State Board of Education adopted a new set of academic
standards called the Common Core State Standards. These standards will be fully
implemented across K-12 classrooms in the 2014-15 school year.
Why?
• These new standards enhance the rigor and depth of information that students
must learn in school, and focus on preparing students with the essential knowledge
and skills needed to be successful in college and careers.
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Changes in Student Expectations
The Common Core State Standards & assessment demand students…
• maintain an increased sense of accountability toward their own learning
• develop a concept beyond an opinion and move to “support and evidence”
• think in a more conceptual, analytical and global manner
• utilize higher-order, critical thinking skills
• shift from mere memorization of terms to a deep understanding of meaning
• transfer skills to new experiences
• operate in a more student-centered environment with built in peer
collaboration
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Changes to Instruction
The Common Core State Standards require teachers to…
• increase rigor
• serve as facilitators of learning for all students
• provide guided practice, followed by the necessary support, as students
take on more independence with tasks
• share the ownership for text understanding in all content areas
• find new ways of teaching critical thinking skills
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The Common Core State Standards represent an
informed consensus on how best to prepare this
country’s young people for college and careers.
The standards describe “the what” that
students need to learn; however, they do not
spell out “the how” for teachers.
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A Closer Look
MATHEMATICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY
Focus: Focus strongly where the standards
focus
Building knowledge through content-rich
nonfiction
Coherence: Think across grades, and link
to major topics
Reading, writing, and speaking grounded
in evidence from text, both literary and
informational
Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual
understanding, procedural skill and
fluency, and application
Regular practice with complex text and its
academic language
NEW: Standards for Mathematical
Practice
NEW: Literacy standards for history,
science and technical subjects
ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
So, what do the CCSS really look like?
Third Grade Writing Standard
Common Core
With guidance and support from adults, use technology to
produce and publish writing (using keyboard skills) as well as to
interact and collaborate with others.
Current
The student will write a final product for the intended audience.
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So, what do the CCSS really look like?
Seventh Grade Reading Standard
Common Core
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is
relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Current
The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend grade
level text.
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Florida’s CCSS Implementation Plan
Phase 1 (2011-2012)
Full Implementation Grade K Phase 2 (2012-2013)
Full Implementation Grades Phase 3 (2013-2014)
Begin Implementation of
K-1
Literacy Standards in ALL
Content Areas for Grades 6Full Implementation Grades Phase 4 (2014-2015)
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Begin Implementation of
Rich and Complex Text and
Informational Text for
Grades K-12
Full Implementation of
Literacy Standards in ALL
Content Areas for Grades 612
K-2
Full Implementation Grades
K-12
Implementation of a
Blended Curriculum (CCSS
and Supplemental NGSSS
PARCC Assessments Aligned
Continue Implementation of Aligned to FCAT 2.0 and
to CCSS
Rich and Complex Text and EOCs) for Grades 3-12
Informational Text for
Grades K-12
Continue Implementation of
Rich and Complex Text and
Informational Text for
Grades K-12
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CCSS Assessment
The assessment is designed to reward quality instruction aligned to the Standards, so
the assessment is worthy of preparation rather than a distraction from good work.
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Texts Worth Reading: The assessments will use authentic texts worthy of study
instead of artificially produced or commissioned passages.
•
Questions Worth Answering: Sequences of questions that draw students into
deeper encounters with texts will be the norm (as in an excellent classroom),
rather than sets of random questions of varying quality.
•
Better Standards Demand Better Questions: Instead of reusing existing items,
PARCC will develop custom items to the Standards.
•
Fidelity to the Standards (now in Teachers’ hands): PARCC evidences are rooted
in the language of the Standards so that expectations remain the same in both
instructional and assessment settings.
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Sample Question: 4th Grade Math FCAT
Sample Question: 4th Grade Math PARCC
Common Core Resources
CPALMS is Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and Common
Core database
• http://www.floridastandards.org
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts
and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects
• http://www.corestandards.org/
COMING SOON
• NEW Common Core website
• Parent Resources
• Teacher Toolkits
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