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Common Core Standard Implementation. Realizing Illinois. Our Students. . . Prepared for success after high school Our Promise. . . Leadership, Advocacy, & Support Our Future… Strong communities, competitive workforce. Illinois Learning Standards.
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Common Core Standard Implementation Realizing Illinois • Our Students. . .Prepared for success after high school • Our Promise. . .Leadership, Advocacy, & Support • Our Future…Strong communities, competitive workforce
Illinois Learning Standards • The Illinois State Board of Education adopted new Math and ELA standards for K-12 education aligned to college and career readiness. • Currently they are drafting the Science Common Core Standards Illinois State Board of Education
Why are a Common Set of Standards Important? Preparation: These standards are designed for students to be college and career ready upon completing secondary education. Quality: Teachers are given more flexibility to teach standards in depth and across disciplines that can be tailored to fit the students needs. Skilled Workforce: These standards emphasize skills and application, in addition to content, to prepare students for working in the current workforce.
Why are a Common Set of Standards Important? Clarity: The standards are designed to help teachers, students, and parents understand what is expected of them to be ready to enter the workforce or college. Consistency: These standards will level the playing field so all students will be held to the same rigorous expectations. Global Society: The standards are internationally benchmarked to high performing countries to help our students succeed in a global economy.
What does College and Career Ready Mean? The College and Career Ready descriptions are not standards themselves but instead offer a portrait of students who meet the new standards.
What are College and Career Readiness Skills? • They demonstrate independence • They build strong content knowledge • They respond to varying demands of audience, • task, purpose discipline • They comprehend as well as critique. • They value evidence • They use technology and digital media • strategically and capably • They come to understand other perspectives and • cultures
Instructional Shifts for the Common Core Six Shifts in Math • Focus • Coherence • Fluency • Deep Understanding • Applications • Dual Intensity • Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy • Balancing Informational and Literary Text • Building Knowledge in the Disciplines • Staircase of Complexity • Text-Based Answers • Writing From Sources • Academic Vocabulary
Balancing Informational and Literary Text Building Knowledge in the Disciplines Staircase of Complexity Text-based Answers Writing from Sources Academic Vocabulary Focus Coherence Fluency Deep Understanding Applications Dual Intensity NYS Common Core Standards Shifts Impact NYS Assessments • 6 Shifts in ELA Literacy Common Core Implementation Common Core Assessments 6 Shifts in Mathematics
What about State Assessment? • Illinois is part of a 26- state assessment consortium called Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) • No changes to the actual ISAT test will be in place for 2013-14 • ISBE will release new cut scores for 2012-13 ISAT aligned to college and career readiness targets; district can begin to see alignment to new expectations • Focused on developing a richer more authentic evaluation of student learning projected for 2016
Support for Staff During Common Core Implementation • Assessment training on SIP days • Implementation of Matrix data warehouse • Lesson sharing and unit planning on SIP days • LEARN process to observe and share (K-5) • Progression of mapping, assessment creation, and instructional expectations via curriculum matrix (KHS and HMS)
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