September 2010

Commonly Asked Questions:

What does it mean to ad0pt the Common Core Standards?

How will the Common Core Standards connect to curriculum, instruction, and assessment?

DPI Guidance Document for Common Core State Standards Initiative

http://www.dpi.wi.gov/cal/pdf/commoncorestds-qa.pdf

Communication

Professional learning

Resource development

Curriculum development

Formative and benchmark assessments

Additional resources

Students: Demonstrate independence Build strong content knowledge Respond to the varying demands of

audience, task, purpose, and discipline Comprehend as well as critique Value evidence Use technology and digital media

strategically and capably Come to understand other perspectives and

cultures

Standards for Mathematical Practice: Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and critique

reasoning of others Model with mathematics Use appropriate tools strategically Attend to precision Look for and make use of structure Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects College and Career Readiness (CCR)

Anchor Standards for each strand: Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Language

▪ Overarching targets (parallel for each grade band)

Reading: Text complexity and growth of comprehension Grades K-5: Literature and Informational Text Grades K-5: Reading Standards – Foundational

Skills Grades 6-12: Literature and Informational Text

Writing: Text types, responding to reading, and research

Speaking and Listening: Flexible communication and collaboration

Language: Conventions and vocabulary

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Grades 6-12: Standards for Literacy in

History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects▪ Based on CCR Anchor Standards for Reading ▪ Based on CCR Anchor Standards for Writing▪ Presented as grade bands: 6-8, 9-10, 11-12▪ Technical subjects: defined as engineering,

technology, business, design, and other workforce-related subjects; technical aspects of wider fields of study such as art and music

Standards for Mathematical Practice Standards for Mathematical Content▪ K-8 grade level standards

Algebraic thinking standards indicated in K-5 Grade level overviews: K-8

▪ Mathematical Standards for High School Conceptual categories Additional standards for preparation for advanced courses

Grades K-5 Numbers and Operations Operations and Algebraic Thinking Measurement and Data Geometry

Grades 6-8 Number System Ratios and Proportional Relationships [Gr. 8 –

Functions] Expressions and Equations Geometry Statistics and Probability

High School Numbers and Quantity Algebra Functions Modeling Geometry Statistics and Probability

Tools to lead the conversation around implementation

Set of common beliefs

CESAs’ Foundations Kit

Framework(s) for curriculum, assessments, instruction

Examples from pilot sites (“early implementers”)

Fall 2010: Administration of WKCE

2010-2015 (Projected): Development of SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium’s formative resources, and benchmark and summative items

2013-2014 (Projected): Piloting and field testing of the summative assessment

2014-2015: New summative assessment system is projected to be in place

Websites:

WI DPI: http://www.dpi.wi.gov/standards

Common Core State Standards Initiative:

http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards /

Emilie Amundson, English Language Artsemilie.amundson@dpi.wi.gov

Jacque Karbon, Readingjacque.karbon@dpi.wi.gov

Diana Kasbaum, Mathematicsdiana.kasbaum@dpi.wi.gov

Shelley Lee, Scienceshelley.lee@dpi.wi.gov

Kristen McDaniel, Social Studieskristen.mcdaniel@dpi.wi.gov

Paul Sandrock, Content and Learning Teams.paul.sandrock@dpi.wi.gov