PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Common Core Transition
The Pennsylvania Journey
English Language Arts
Mathematics
SAS Institute
December 5, 2011
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PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
The Direction
• Eligible Content rewritten to embrace
Common Core Standards
• PA Academic Standards revised to reflect
the content and rigor of Common Core
• PSSA aligned to revised Eligible Content
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PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
What Common Core Says
Grade 7
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn from text.
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
What We Have
Grade 7
ASSESSMENT ANCHOR
R7.A.1 Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
ELIGIBLE CONTENT
R7.A.1.3 Make inferences, draw
conclusions, and make generalizations
based on text.
R7.A.1.3.1 Make inferences and/or draw
conclusions based on information
from the text.
R7.A.1.3.2 Cite evidence from text
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
When It’s Revised
Grade 7
ASSESSMENT ANCHOR
R-07.A – L1.1 1 Key Ideas and Details
ELIGIBLE CONTENT
R07.A.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of
key ideas and details in literature.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences,
conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn
from text.
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
And the related standards…
• 1.1.7.D Demonstrate comprehension/understanding before
reading, during reading, and after reading on grade level texts
through strategies such as comparing and contrasting texts,
identifying context, and interpreting positions and arguments,
distinguishing fact from opinion, and citing several pieces of
textual evidence from the text to support analysis of text and
conclusions.
• 1.2.7.D Draw generalizations, inferences, and conclusions
based on a variety of information sources citing evidence from
multiple texts to support responses.
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Math: What Common Core Says
Grade 3 Emphasis
•Developing understanding of multiplication and division
and strategies for multiplication and division within 100
•Developing understanding of fractions, especially unit
fractions (fractions with numerator 1)
•Developing understanding of the structure of rectangular
arrays and of area
•Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes.
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Math: What Common Core Says
Grade 3
Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve
word problems in situations involving equal groups,
arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using
drawings and equations with a symbol for the
unknown number to represent the problem.
(Grade 3)
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Math: What We Have
Grade 3
ASSESSMENT ANCHOR
M3.A.3 Compute accurately and fluently and make reasonable
estimates.
ELIGIBLE CONTENT
M3.A.3.1 Solve problems using
addition, subtraction and
multiplication (straight
computation and word
problems).
M3.A.3.1.2 Solve problems
involving multiplication through
the 9’s tables through 9x5.
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Math: When It’s Revised
Grade 3
ASSESSMENT ANCHOR
M03.B-O.1 Represent and solve problems involving multiplication
and division
ELIGIBLE CONTENT
M03.B-O.1 .2
Solve problems using
multiplication and division,
including determining the
missing number in a
multiplication and/or division
equation
M03.B-O.1 .2.1
Use multiplication (up to and
including 10 x 10) and division
(limit dividends through 50, and
limit divisors and quotients
through 10) to solve word
problems in situations involving
equal groups, arrays, and
measurement quantities
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
DATE
October 2011
January 2012
January 2012
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
PDE ACTIVITY
Revise Anchor/Eligible Content in Math and Reading in grades 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 11 to align to Common Core Standards
Revise PA Academic Standards in Reading and Math to create set of PA
Common Core Standards
Begin development of Common Core aligned PSSA Reading and Math
tests
February 2012
Post PA Common Core Standards on SAS
February 2012
Develop PA Common Core train the trainer modules for IU delivery to
LEAs
February – May
2012
February 2012 ongoing
Offer CC training sessions to LEAs
Align SAS resources to PA Common Core Standards
Spring 2014
Implement Common Core aligned PSSA tests, grades 3-5
Spring 2015
Implement Common Core aligned PSSA tests, grades 6-8
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
Assessment Overview
Grade
Math
Reading
Writing
Science
3
X
X
4
X
X
5
X
X
6
X
X
7
X
X
8
X
X
X
X
Keystone
Exams
Algebra I
Literature
Composition
Biology
X
X
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
LEA Goals
• Continue with Common Core curriculum
alignment
• Determine Keystone Exam placement
• Plan for Keystone Project Based Assessment
option
http://www.caiu.org/resources/schools/curriculum/common-core-docs.aspx
PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
To assist…
• IU delivery of Common Core and Project
Based Assessment trainings
• SAS posting of PA Common Core Standards
and Anchor/Eligible Content
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PA’s Common Core Journey
Tom Corbett, Governor
Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education
www.education.state.pa.us
I wonder…
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