Common Core Standards:What they haven’t told you!

Mel RiddileAssociate DirectorHigh School Servicesriddilem@nassp.org

State Assessments

Common Core Standards

Culture

Mindset

Common Core Adoptions 46

Background

State Led

NGA

CCSSO

Build on foundation laid by states

8

Background

June 20109

Background

ELA

Math

Science

Social Studies

Technical Subjects10

Background

Assessment Consortia

PARCC

SMARTER Balance

11

Why

Readiness All College Career No later than HS

12

Why

Vision of "Literate Student"

in 21st Century

13

What

Next Generation Standards

Aligned

College

Work

14

What

Rigorous

Content

Higher-order Skills

Application

15

What

Internationally Benchmarked

Success in a global economy

Research / Evidence-Based

16

Strengths

Clarity

17

Strengths

Collective Experience

Minimize Duplication of Effort

18

Strengths

Encourage Collaboration

Economies of Scale

Professional Development

19

Strengths

Equity

Mobility

Same Expectations

Regardless of Zip Code

20

Strengths

Common Assessments

Tools

21

Strengths

Comparability

States

Districts

22

Key Characteristics

Fewer

Higher

Broad Expectations

Consistent Across Content Areas

College, Workforce Training Expectations

23

Key Characteristics

Assessments

More Frequent

Formative

Summative

Technology-Dependent

24

Key Characteristics

"Staircase of increasing complexity"

Across Grades

"Progressive Development"

25

Assessments

Target 2014 - 2015

Consortia

SMARTER Balanced

PARCC

New Tests

26

Assessments

Technology

Adequate?

PD needs

Leverage

Logistics

27

Impact – Big Changes

Know Be able to do... Rigor Skill Teaching and Learning Application School Wide

29

Impact

Lack of Capacity

30

Impact

Change the way we teach Depth over Breadth Literacy Rich Media Skills Know the answer vs. Find the answer

...and explain Engagement > MUST Research Skills

31

Impact

Literacy Changes

Raises text complexity at least 2

years

Vocabulary

Textbooks are outdated

Cross-Content Literacy32

Lexiles

ELA Common Core Appendix A

ELA Common Core Appendix A

ELA Common Core Appendix A

Grade Lexile Target

3 800

5 950

8 1100

10 1200

12 1300

Common Core – Grade Level Targets

Grade Lexile Target

3 800

5 950

8 1100

10 1200

12 1300

Common Core – Grade Level Targets

ELA Common Core Appendix A

Writing

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2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures

600

800

1000

1400

1600

1200

Text

Lex

ile

Mea

sure

(L

)

HighSchool

Literature

CollegeLiterature

HighSchool

Textbooks

CollegeTextbooks

Military PersonalUse

Entry-LevelOccupations

SAT 1,ACT,AP*

* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

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2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures

600

800

1000

1400

1600

1200

Text

Lex

ile

Mea

sure

(L

)

HighSchool

Literature

CollegeLiterature

HighSchool

Textbooks

CollegeTextbooks

Military PersonalUse

Entry-LevelOccupations

SAT 1,ACT,AP*

* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

43

2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading StudySummary of High School Textbook Lexile Measures

800

1000

1400

1200

Text

Lexile M

easu

re (

L)

ELA ScienceSocial

Studies Arts CTEMath

Subject Area Textbooks

1300

1100

900

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

Think

Why is ninth grade the most difficult transition?

Think

Why is ninth grade the most difficult transition?

Old 8th Grade Target = 900L

46

2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading StudySummary of High School Textbook Lexile Measures

800

1000

1400

1200

Text

Lexile M

easu

re (

L)

ELA ScienceSocial

Studies Arts CTEMath

Subject Area Textbooks

1300

1100

900

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

Impact

Literacy Changes Critical Reading Informational Text

vs. Narrative Writing Speaking Listening

47

Impact

Math Changes

Conceptual Understanding

Algebra - Grade 8

Statistics & Probability

48

Impact

Application

Skills and Concepts

Everyday Life

Unique Situations

Choosing

Using

49

Impact

Assessment Changes

Computer-Based

Tech Skills

Minimize Security Issues

50

Impact

Organizational Changes

Require K-12 aligned curricula"Staircase of growing complexity

across all grades.”

51

Impact

Higher Order Thinking Inductive Deductive Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

52

Impact

Application

53

Impact

Design Changes

Multiple Means

Representation

Engagement

Expression

54

Impact

Technology Dependent

Hardware

Logistics

55

Takeaways

Increase literacy levels 2-3 years

Cross-Content Literacy

Writing

Change the way we teach!

Recommendations

Begin PD today!

School wide literacy

K-12 Alignment

Writing

Multi-tiered interventions

Student Engagement