2011-12 CCSS Webinar Series – Part 3
Systems Webinar for School District Leaders
March 7, 2012
OSPI Teaching and Learning and Assessment Divisions
Email: corestandards@k12.wa.us
Welcome!
Agenda for today’s webinar…
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Updates on the of the Common Core State Standards and
Smarter Balanced Assessment Initiatives
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New national resources
State opportunities
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Framing Implementation – what’s next??
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Address questions and discuss next steps
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Before we begin…About You
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We’d like to know a little about who is out there.
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Time for a poll.
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2011-12 OSPI CCSS Webinar Series for District
and Building Leaders …Where have we been?
August 2011
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14 2014-15
Phase 1: CCSS Exploration
Phase 2: Build Awareness & Begin
Building Statewide Capacity
Phase 3: Build Statewide Capacity
and Classroom Transitions
January 2012
Phase 4: Statewide Application and
Assessment
Ongoing: Statewide Coordination
and Collaboration to Support
Implementation
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Implementing the Common Core State
Standards in Washington State
Our Vision: Every student will have access to the CCSS standards through high
quality instruction aligned with the standards every day; and that all English language
arts and mathematics teachers are prepared and receive the support they need to
implement the standards in their classrooms every day.
Our Purpose: To develop a statewide system with aligned resources that supports
all school districts in their preparation of educators and students to implement the
CCSS.
This includes building system-wide capacity for sustained professional learning
that can support CCSS implementation now and be applied to other initiatives
in the future.
March and May
2012
Our Core Values: This vision can only occur through core
values of clarity, consistency, collaboration, coordination, and
commitment from classrooms, schools, and communities to
the state level.
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Handout
1. What do all students need to know and be
able to do as a result of the CCSS?
2. What do the adults in the system
need to know and be able to do to
support all students?
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3. How do we design a
professional learning
system to support
them?
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“Dramatic shift in teaching…”
“The dramatic shift in teaching prompted by the common
core will require practical, intensive, and ongoing
professional learning – not one-off “spray and pray” training
that exposes everyone to the same material and hope it
sticks”
--Stephanie Hirsch, Learning Forward
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What does this mean for district and
building leaders?
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What unique resources/supports do leaders need to
support a building and/or sustaining a professional
learning system?
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An emerging CCSS resource for leaders:
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College Board Webinar Series: School Leadership for
Common Core Standards and College and Career
Readiness
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College Board CCSS School-Wide
Instructional Practices Webinar
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Instruction Changes #9 and #10…
Approach to Teaching
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10.
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Teaching changes from giving students the answer to having students
apply knowledge to real world situations
Students must find the answer and explain
Professional Development
Studies show that our teachers are weakest in the areas that are
deemed critical to the Common Core State Standards
Implementation of these standards will require a “deepening” and
“retraining” of entire teaching corps
College Board CCSS School-Wide
Instructional Practices Webinar
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Implementing the Common Core:
Three Types of Professional Development
Individual
School/Team
Program Implementation
Individual
• Data driven
• Aligned with teaching,
leadership, and common
core standards
• Evaluation cycle
• Impact at classroom and
student level
Team/School
Data-driven
Shared goals
Collective responsibility
Cycle of continuous
improvement
• With or without
external assistance
• Impact at team and
schoolwide levels
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Program Implementation
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Data-driven
District/state priority alignment
Curricula
With or without external assistance
Impact at subject, grade, or district level
A Resource for Looking at
YOUR System and Building Transition Plans...
CCSS Readiness Assessment for
District Implementation Systems
March 2012 – Draft for Piloting
Background (Dec 2011 – today):
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Developed by Washington’s CCSS Steering Committee
With input from district and statewide partners
Grounded in Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning
Let us know what you think!
Let’s take a look!
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Your thoughts…
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How might you use this document with teams and
leaders in your district / building?
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How can it inform your district and building CCSS
transition plans?
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What more information would you need to gather?
Who else would need to be involved?
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Key next steps and additional resource for Phase 2
– Spring & Summer 2012
Continue Building Statewide Awareness…(http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/default.aspx)
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CCSS Webinar Series, web resources
(http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx#Webinar )
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CCSS Overview Presentations and Support (OSPI and ESD partners)
Continue Statewide Coordination and Collaboration
 Convene statewide professional learning content associations to coordinate
statewide PD offerings for FALL 2012
 Higher education coordination
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WA Assoc. Colleges of Teacher Education (April)
PESB Endorsement Competency Revision Process
HECB / SBAC
Begin Building Statewide Capacity…
In collaboration with 9 regional ESDs and other state partners:
 CCSS Overview and Content-Specific Learning Opportunities
 Establish CCSS District Implementation Network Pilot Project (**Mini-Grant
applications due Friday, March 9th…)
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Content Progressions and Major Shifts within
Mathematics CCSS
(Resources: WA 3-Year Transition Plan & Spring 2012 PD Offering (handout))
Major Shifts
Focus
• Fewer big ideas --learn more
• Learning of concepts
is emphasized
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Coherence
• Articulated progressions of topics
and performances that are
developmental and connected to
other progressions
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Application
• Being able to apply
concepts and skills to
new situations
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Content Progressions and Major Shifts within ELA CCSS
(Resources: WA 3-Year Transition Plan & Spring 2012 PD Offering (handout))
K
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4
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9-10
11-12
Foundational Skills: Print
Concepts & Phonological
Awareness
Foundational Skills:
Phonics & Word Recognition, Fluency
Reading Literature & Informational text, including literary
nonfiction:
Balance K-5 = 50% literature* &
50%* informational text
Writing Standards:
Balance of Text Types:
grades 4 – opinion = 30%; information = 35%; narrative = 35%
Reading Literature – stories, drama, poetry:
Balance grade 6-8 = 45%*
Balance gr. 9-12 = 30%*
Reading informational, including literary nonfiction:
Balance 6-8 = 55%*
Balance gr. 9-12 = 70%*
Literacy (Reading) in History/Social Studies, Science, and Other Technical
Subjects
Literacy (Writing) in History/Social Studies, Science, and Other Technical
Subjects:
Grade 8 – argument = 35%; information = 35%; narrative = 30%
Grade 12 – argument = 40%; information = 40%; narrative = 20%
Speaking & Listening Standards
Language Standards, including vocabulary acquisition and use
Major Shifts
1. Balance of Literary and Informational Texts
2. Literacy in the Content Areas
3. Increased Complexity of Text
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4. Text-based Questions and Answers
5. Writing Using Evidence
6. Academic Vocabulary
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Hold the Dates…
Washington CCSS Upcoming Events…
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2011-12 OSPI Quarterly Webinar Series (September and January webinars and
materials posted at http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx ) :
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March 20, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics
March 21, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts
May 23, 10:30 – 11:30 – District/Building Leaders
May 29, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics
May 31, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts
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WA State PTA Conference – May 4-6, 2012
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ESD Content Leader PD dates To Be Determined (will be posted on OSPI
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CCSS School District Implementation Network Team Workshops (May
and August 2012)
CCSS Web Site: http://k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx).
What is on your mind?
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Thoughts?
Wonderings?
Questions?
What would you like to see for the May OSPI Webinar
for District and Building Leaders?
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SMARTER
Balanced Assessment System
New Assessment System:
What We Know So Far
ESD Superintendents’ Meetings Feb-March 2012
A Balanced Assessment System:
ELA and Math --Grades 3-8 and High School
Common
Core State
Standards
specify
K-12
expectations
for college
and career
readiness
Summative
assessments
Benchmarked to
college and career
readiness
Teachers and
schools have
information and
tools they need to
improve teaching
and learning
Teacher resources for
formative assessment
practices
to improve instruction
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All students
leave
high school
college
and career
ready
Interim assessments
Flexible, open, used for
actionable feedback
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Talking ‘bout an evolution
Washington’s involvement
• OSPI staff involved in workgroups 2010-12
• Widespread Input on Item Specifications (March 2012) – Review and Survey
• District Input on Current Technology Capacity and Infrastructure (Spring
2012) – Survey
• Teachers from all states involved in item writing (Summer 2012)
• Limited pilot in 2012-13
• Comprehensive field test in 2013-14
• Operational use in 2014-15
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Find Out More: www.SmarterBalanced.org
State Contact: Robin.Munson@k12.wa.us
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http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
Smarter Balanced wants YOUR input!
Item Specification Review and Survey
Review Items and Complete Survey by
Friday, March 16, 2012!
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Still to be worked out:
System Development and Implementation Details
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How can teachers volunteer for item writing?
How can schools volunteer for limited pilot?
Will everyone have to participate in the field test?
What retake opportunities will there be?
Mandatory testing schedule?
Will translations be available?
What tools will be allowed (e.g., calculator, highlighter,
thesaurus)?
• What accommodations will be allowed?
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Still to be worked out:
System Development and Implementation Details
• What technology infrastructure will be required
(survey for districts coming this spring)?
• What if there are not enough computers?
• What will parent and classroom reports look like?
• What happens to the Smarter Balanced Consortium
at the end of the grant (Oct 2014)?
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Washington’s Context…
Proposed Summative Assessments in 2014–15
English/LA
Mathematics
Science
Grade 3
SBAC
SBAC
Grade 4
SBAC
SBAC
Grade 5
SBAC
SBAC
Grade 6
SBAC
SBAC
Grade 7
SBAC
SBAC
Grade 8
SBAC
SBAC
MSP
Grade 10
???
EOC
EOC
MSP
Algebra/Geometry
???
Grade 11
SBAC
SBAC
SBAC=SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
MSP= Measurements of Student Progress
EOC= End of Course exams
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Still to be worked out:
Washington’s Policy Discussion…
• Will 11th grade exam be used for graduation (exit
exam) in Washington?
• If these exams are our exit exams what will the CAA
options be?
• Will the Summative SBAC test replace our End of
Course exams or will SBAC have End of Course exams
too?
• How will Washington’s science tests mesh with these
tests?
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Thank you.
Common Core Questions:
Email: corestandards@k12.wa.us OR
Greta Bornemann, OSPI CCSS Project
Lead, E-mail:
Greta.Bornemann@k12.wa.us
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