Date post: | 17-Dec-2015 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | dina-myra-wilson |
View: | 215 times |
Download: | 0 times |
Evaluating Common Core Math Materials
What "Aligned to CC" Really Means
john meinzen
Edwardsville High School
October 5, 2012
How this presentation “fits in” to Illinois’ Teaching Framework
Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
1d Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources
• For classroom• To extend
content knowledge
• For students
Intro to the Tri-State Rubric• Short History
– In 2010-11, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) adopted by many states (Illinois among the leaders)
– circa 2015, students (and educators?) will begin to be evaluated according to CCSS
• Current problems– CCSS are well-known but not well-understood…especially the Practice
Standards– Task-based lessons are the new buzz words for student performance but they
are showing up a bit too early to be carefully aligned with the PARCC tests (how can anyone be correctly aligned to something that doesn’t exist yet?)
– “CC-Aligned” materials are commonplace but few people really understand the definition of “aligned” (hint: it has not been defined)
• Solution– In 2010-11, 3 states (New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts) were
awarded a large grant to create a usable and free rubric to help educators understand classroom/coursework unit (or chapter) materials’ alignment and rigor to the CCSS.
– The result was the Tri-State Rubric…the focus of this presentation
Tri-State Rubric GoalsWhat it is useful for…• Educators
– Curriculum decision-makers to help evaluate or select CC course material
– teacher professional development
• K-12 grades– today will be “training” on Algebra
1 (somewhere in 7-10th grades)• Math alignment with CC
– a rubric is available for English as well
• evaluating Unit/Chapters– training will focus on Functions -
usually part of Chapter 1– CC standard F.IF.1
What it is not…• Not a guideline for “the test”
– though Tri-State Rubric designed along with PARCC support
• Not for daily lesson plans – though Unit/Chapter will
contain such plans• Not for the faint-hearted
– make sure you have detailed-oriented people involved who are not afraid of being critical… let’s call these people “critical thinkers”
• Not a lecture – except for this PowerPoint
Noteworthy items on the Tri-State Rubric
• The Tri-State Rubric refers to a “Lesson” in the same way as that most Illinois educators think of as a “Chapter or Unit” (apparently, a “Lesson” in other parts of the country refer to materials covered in a week to several months)
• We (about 150 educators around the country) spent two 8-hour days training on the rubric in May 2012…we didn’t find a single “excellent” unit plan but we did learn a great deal about how “high” the expectation is.
• The rubric is “open source.” It can be modified by any group. The only requirement is that you give credit to the Tri-State Collaboration
Follow-up Info
• Tri-State Rubric– http://engageny.org/resource/tri-state-quality-r
eview-rubric-and-rating-process/– (currently at Version 4…but only minor
differences)
• PowerPoint– www.meinzeit.com/ROE/Oct2012