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Basic Information About Common Core State Standards
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Should standards be established at the national level rather than the state level?
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Calls for improvement in education
o ESEA ,1965
o A Nation at Risk, 1983
o Goals 2000, 1994
o National Education Summit, 1996, 1999, 2001
o NCLB, 2001
o A Test of Leadership, 2006
o America’s Perfect Storm, 2007
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CCSS grew out of the realization that preparing
students for college and/or career was a
common national goal.
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Consistent and clear expectations of student learning
Guide for teachers and parents as facilitators of learning
Focused on college and/or career readiness
Based on both national and international benchmarks
Encourages deep rather than wide knowledge
Progressive learning
Mathematics
English Language Arts
Literacy in Social Studies/History, Science, and Technical Subjects
 Our current educational system isn’t working for our students.
• College degrees are required for 60% of future jobs.
• Today only 26% of our population 25–34 years old has a
college degree.
• Higher Ed reports that students are graduating who are not
prepared for college or careers.
 CCSS offers opportunities for our students.
 It prepares them to compete globally.
 It gives them the chance to learn,
regardless of where they live.
 It presents clear learning expectations.
 It offers opportunities for collaboration.
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Remediation
Rates
by
School District
--AR Dept of Higher Ed
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National Governor’s Association and the Council of Chief State
School Officers made the original commitment in Spring 2009.
Arkansas State Board of Education adopted CCSS July 12, 2010.
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have adopted CCSS as
of March 2012.
Many stakeholders are now at the table:
NCTM, AFT, AEA, ACT, SAT, NCTE, NEA, ASCD, Achieve, K-12
teachers, researchers, post-secondary faculty members
curriculum experts, and assessment experts .
Stakeholders involved in the development of CCSS number 10,000.
CCSS has now been embraced by Gates Foundation and others
who are providing resources and support.
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CCSS are INTERNATIONALLY BENCHMARKED: levels of
student achievement in Belgium, Canada, Australia, China, and
England were considered.
CCSS are EVIDENCE-BASED: requirements for students to
provide evidence of learned content were imbedded.
CCSS are RIGOROUS: a higher-level of learning was
emphasized, referencing Bloom’s Taxonomy of higher-level
thinking skills.
CCSS are RELEVANT: students are
exposed to learning that is pertinent
to real-life.
Timeline for Teaching Standards
2011 – 2012
2012 – 2013
2013 – 2014
2014 – 2015
Kindergarten through 2nd grades
3rd through 8th grades
9th through 12th grades
All grades are responsible for full implementation
2011 – 2012
2012 – 2013
2013 – 2014
2014 – 2015
Timeline for Assessments
Assessments aligned with AR Curriculum
Frameworks
Assessments aligned with AR Curriculum
Frameworks
Assessments aligned with AR Curriculum
Frameworks; some new assessment items aligned
with the CCSS assessments may be piloted
Assessments aligned with CCSS for grades K-12
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CCSS will produce generations of students that are college
and/or career ready.
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CCSS will provides common standards for assessment and
accountability.
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CCSS will improve instruction in all areas (not just ELA and
math) by advocating connected learning opportunities and
advances in technology-centered learning.
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CCSS will open doors for collaboration.
Common Core State Standards
are not intended to be new
names for old ways of doing
business. They are a call to
take the next step.
----Excerpt
from Common Core State Standards Document
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Text complexity
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Increased reading of informational texts
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Disciplinary literacy
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Close reading
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Text-dependent questions
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Academic vocabulary
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Both short and sustained research projects
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Argumentative writing
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Collaboration across grades and content areas
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Every teacher will be a literacy teacher,
emphasizing reading and writing in the content
area.
Teachers will enable students to read as
scientists, historians, mathematicians, or artists.
Teachers will tell and summarize less and use
scaffolding more.
Teachers will place more responsibility on
students for the students’ learning.
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“The Standards insist that instruction in
reading, writing, speaking, listening, and
language be a shared responsibility within
the school.”
CCSS, page 4
“All courses in high
school, not just English
and social studies but
mathematics and
science as well, must
challenge students to
read and understand
complex texts.”
American College Testing Program (2006)
http://appleseed.org.nz/
Text Complexity
9-10 Drama Exemplars
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of
Macbeth
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House.
Tennessee, Williams The Glass
Menagerie
Eugene Ionesco, Rhinocerous
Athol Fugard, Master Harold and the
Boys
Sample Texts
CCSS, Appendix B
11-12 Drama Exemplars
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of
Hamlet
Jean-Baptiste Moliere, Tartuffe
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being
Earnest
Thornton Wilder, Our Town
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the
Sun
Soyinka, Wole. Death and the King’s
Horseman
More Informational Texts
More Literary Nonfiction
Personal essays, opinion pieces, speeches
Essays about art or literature
Biographies and memoirs
Journalism, including newspapers in the classroom
Historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts
written for a broad audience
Digital sources
Strategy: Instead of
highlighting while
reading, get in the
habit of using
‘thinking notes’.
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* Author’s main point or central idea.
! Love it.
? Interesting. Possible class discussion point.
?? Confusing. Ask for clarification.
Arguments w/supporting claims
Informative/explanatory texts of increasing complexity
Production and distribution, including digital publishing
Short and extended research projects
Narratives of increasing complexity
Flexible communication
Comprehension and collaboration
Presentation of knowledge and ideas
“…including but not
limited to skills
necessary for formal
presentations…”
http://real-life-church.com/PFBlog/2011/07/26
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-through-creative-dance
Lana Hallmark
Fine Arts Specialist
Lana.hallmark@arkansas.gov