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Discover how the Illinois State Board of Education is aligning new Math and ELA standards for K-12 education to ensure students are college and career ready. Learn the importance of having common standards, how they benefit students, and the instructional shifts required. Find out about the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and support available for staff during implementation.
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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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