Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI)

1. “Public education is open to all children - no matter their ability, heritage, or economic background. It is the promise of our future” Denise Juneau, MT Superintendent of Public Instruction”

2. Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) Led by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association May 2009, State Superintendent Juneau and Governor Schweitzer signed a Memorandum of Agreement Montana involved educators from across the state in a thoughtful process

3. Common Core State Standards Initiative Criteria • Fewer, higher, and clearer for effective policy and practice; • Aligned with college and career expectations for all students’ success upon graduation; • Inclusive of rigorous content and applications of knowledge for 21st century skilled students; • Internationally benchmarked for success in our global economy and society; • Research- and evidence-based. September 2011

4. Common Core Adoptions

5. The Montana Common Core Standards for Math and ELA establish high expectations for student learning and achievement that will enable all students to be competitive on a district, state, national and global scale.

6. Common Core for Montana • Establish high expectations for student learning and achievement in Math and English Language Arts • Set literacy goals for History/Social Studies, Science and Technical subjects • Provide clear, nationally consistent guidelines • Maintain Montana's values and priorities, including Indian Education for All

7. Montana’s Legal, Ethical, Instructional Responsibility • Process for inclusion of Indian Education standards January– May 2011 : • K-20 content and IEFA experts from across the state • Purposeful placement of IEFA language embedded in existing standards for most effective inclusion • Reviewed by Montana educators http://www.opi.mt.gov/Programs/IndianEd/Index.html

8. Montana’s Legal, Ethical, Instructional Responsibility • “In regard to the National Common Core Standards, MACIE recommends that the Board of Public Education accepts the Indian Education for All additions.” • (Ms. Norma Bixby) http://www.opi.mt.gov/Programs/IndianEd/Index.html

9. Specific Grade Level Expectations • Balance reading informational text and literature • Write to inform or persuade using evidence • Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Standards for Mathematical Practice • FOCUS and coherence in mathematics • Deep understanding and application of math

10. Implementation Assessment The Montana Process • Board of • Public Education • takes action • on the • adoption of proposed 2011 Montana • K-12 Content Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Spring 2015 • July 2013 • Board of Public Education approved the • Recommen- • dation • to follow • process • for adoption of standards based • on Common • Core State • Standards • May 2011 • November 2011 • Fall 2011 • Notice • of • Public Hearing

11. Montana Common Core Standards Timeline

12. www.k12.wa.us/smarter/

13. 30 Member States

14. The Purpose of the Consortium • To develop a set of comprehensive and innovative assessments for grades 3-8 and high school in English language arts and mathematics aligned to the Common Core State Standards • To ensure that all students leave high school prepared for postsecondary success in college or a career through increased student learning and improved teaching. The assessments shall be operational across consortium states in the 2014-15 school year.

15. Benefits of a Multi-State Consortium • Less cost and more capabilities through scope of work sharing and collaboration • More control through open-source software platforms for online adaptive testing and test items/questions • Better service for students with disabilities and EL students through common, agreed-upon protocols for accommodations

16. Assessment Between Now and 2014-15 • CRT based on “old” standards • Reporting stays the same • Field testing • Items aligned to proposed Montana CCS • Progressive release of field test items aligned to proposed Montana CCS

18. STANDARDS FORLiteracy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects6–12

19. Common Core Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects The Standards comprise three main sections: • a comprehensive K–5 section • includes standards for literacy in history social/studies, science, and technical subjects • includes standards for foundational skills • English language arts for grades 6–12 • Literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects

20. Overview of Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Reading Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Knowledge of domain-specific vocabulary • Analyze, evaluate, and differentiate primary and secondary sources • Synthesize quantitative and technical information, including facts presented in maps, timelines, flowcharts, or diagrams • Writing Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Write arguments on discipline-specific content and informative/explanatory texts • Use of data, evidence, and reason to support arguments and claims • Use of domain-specific vocabulary

21. Domain-specific vocabulary Sometimes, alleles show incomplete dominance, in which a heterozygous phenotype is somewhere between the two homozygous phenotypes. Sophomore Biology Text McDougal Littell

22. Focus on Informational Text 2009 NAEP Reading Assessment: Distribution of literary and informational passages Source: National Assessment Governing Board. (2008). Reading framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks/reading-2009.doc

23. Focus on Informational Text 2011 NAEP Writing Framework: Distribution of Communicative Purposes Source: National Assessment Governing Board. (2007). Writing framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks/writing-2011.doc

24. Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsGrades 6-12 - a focus on discipline-specific vocabulary • an acknowledgement of unique text structures found in informational text • the expectation that students will read and write in non-ELA classrooms • the expectation that students will develop informational/technical writing skills • a focus on critical analysis and evidence

25. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • College and career ready reading in history/social studies as well as in science and technical subjects these requires an appreciation of the norms and conventions of each discipline, such as • the kinds of evidence used in history and science; • an understanding of domain-specific words and phrases; • an attention to precise details; • and the capacity to evaluate intricate arguments, synthesize complex information, and follow detailed descriptions of events and concepts. • These Reading standards are meant to complement the specific content demands of the disciplines, not replace them.

27. Reading Standards for Literacy inHistory/Social Studies

28. Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

29. Writing Standards for Literacy inScience and Technical Subjects

30. Resources Montana Office of Public Instruction • www.opi.mt.gov/Curriculum/MontCAS/MontCAS_Presents.html#gpm1_5 Core Standards home page • www.corestandards.org Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium • www.k12.wa.us/smarter/