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Supporting Interpretation and Implementation of
the Common Core State Standards Recommendations
of a Joint Task Force

• Barbara Reys, AMTE President
• Brad Findell, ASSM President
• Diane J. Briars, NCSM President
• J. Michael Shaughnessy, NCTM President

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Outline

• Highlight some priority recommendations of a
  Report of the Joint Task Force
• Share work that is underway or planned as a
  result of the Task Force Report
• Enlist your thinking and input into what is
  needed by the field in relation to the CCSS.

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The Common Core State Standards represent an
opportunity once in a lifetime to form
effective coalitions for change. Jere Confrey,
August 2010
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• To coordinate these efforts, we must identify
  and act on immediate tasks while we
  simultaneously undertake long-term targets
  necessary to ensure the creation and
  implementation of higher quality and highly
  effective mathematics curriculum, instruction,
  and learning, and to ensure that these
  transformations are sustained for many years.
• (Jere Confrey, Report of a Conference on
• Curriculum in Era of CCSS, August 2010)

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Joint Task Force on Common Core State Standards

• Commissioned by
• AMTE, ASSM, NCSM and NCTM
• With funding from
• The Brookhill Foundation

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Charge to Joint Task Force

• Consider ways the four organizations can
  collaborate in supporting various groups
  (teachers, teacher leaders and educators, school
  and district leaders, parents) in implementing
  the CCSS and advancing the vision of school
  mathematics held by the organizations.
• Generate recommendations for actions and
  resources that are needed to support the
  implementation of the Common Core State Standards
  in Mathematics (CCSS).

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Members of Task Force

• Diane Briars, NCSM President, Pittsburgh
• Kathryn Chval, University of Missouri
• Linda Curtis-Bey, New York City Public Schools
• Brad Findell, ASSM President, Ohio Dept of
  Education
• Diana Kasbaum, Wisconsin Dept of Public
  Instruction
• Gladis Kersaint, University of South Florida
• Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University (Chair)
• Matt Larson, Lincoln NE Public Schools

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Our CommitmentDeveloping leadership capacity to
improve student learning opportunities

• Supporting and informing the nations teachers
  about the meaning and implications of CCSS
• Providing current and emerging leaders with
  common materials and messages related to CCSS
• Encouraging the development of new approaches to
  teacher professional development based on
  elements of the CCSS
• Helping affiliate groups to support this work in
  their local environments.

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Key Audiences

• K12 mathematics teachers
• Mathematics teacher educators researchers
• Mathematics leaders at the state, district
  school levels
• Teacher leaders (e.g., coaches, resource
  teachers)
• Mathematicians
• Policy makers, including school boards
• School administrators
• Parents, caregivers, and families
• Curriculum developers and publishers
• Students

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• Priority Initiatives

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Priority Activities

• 1. Launch major outreach initiative Advancing
  the Vision of High Quality Mathematics Education
  Supporting Implementation of the Common Core
  State Standards
• Toolkit of materials for sharing/discussing/using
  CCSS
• Regional meetings of leadership teams to
  disseminate Toolkit and collaborate on planning.

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Priority Activities

• 2. Convene an Assessment Working Group to
  coordinate the fields best guidance on
  assessment development and ensure that new
  student assessments address the priorities (e.g.,
  mathematical practices) articulated in CCSS.

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Priority Activities

• 3. Establish a Joint Committee of AMTE, ASSM,
  NCSM and NCTM to serve as an ongoing advisory
  group regarding CCSS.
• This Committee will serve as a professionally
  grounded oversight and advisory group that could,
  over a period of time, suggest needed actions and
  inform revisions of the CCSS based on their
  review and analysis of its implementation and
  impact.

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Priority Activities

• 4. Convene a panel of professional development
  experts to develop a conceptual framework for
  teacher professional development systems to
  support CCSS at the school, district, and state
  levels.

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Priority Activities

• Develop and launch a research agenda focused on
  implementation of the CCSS that includes
  systematic study of the instantiation and
  implementation of the standards, monitors the
  impact on instruction and student learning and
  informs revisions of CCSS.

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• Other Work in Progress

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NCSM Activities

• Tool for analyzing instructional materials and
  related professional development activities
• Collaboration with Bill Bush, University of
  Louisville, and CCSSO.
• Target release date Spring, 2011.

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NCSM Activities

• Illustrating the Standards for Mathematical
  Practice professional development materials.  

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NCSM Activities

• Webinars
• Getting Started with the Common Core State
  Standards First Steps for Mathematics Education
  Leaders Tuesday, November 30, 330 to 430 pm
  EST
• http//ncsmonline.org/events/webinars.html
• Diving Deeper into the Common Core State
  Standards
• Wednesday, February 23, 330 to 430 pm ES
  Sponsored by Carnegie Learning
  www.carnegielearning.com.

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NCTM Activities

• CCSS PowerPoint posted on nctm.org
• Making it Happen A Guide to Implementing and
  Interpreting the Common Core Standards,
  crosswalks NCTM documents to CCSS.

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NCTM Activities

• Leadership ConferenceFocus in High School
  MathematicsReasoning, Sense Making
  Connections.Late July, 2011
• Interactive InstitutesAlgebra Readiness the
  Common CoreEarly August, 2011 and following

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Other Work in Progress

• CCSS Companion Resources
• Technical Manual (J. Zimba)
• Highlights structural features in the standards
  but not highly visible, e.g., how particular
  ideas connect and grow across grades.  
• Standards Progressions (B. McCallum)
• Sample Tasks (B. McCallum)
• Review board and vetting process

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• Joint Task Force Report on CCSS
• http//www.mathedleadership.org/

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At your table .

• What impact is or will the CCSS have on your own
  work/project?
• How might your work/project provide insight or
  support for interpretation/implementation of
  CCSS?
• In your local region, what is needed with regard
  to CCSS and how can the professional
  organizations contribute to addressing short and
  longer term needs?

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Full Reports

• Joint Task Force Report on CCSS
• http//ncsmonline.org/
• Curriculum Design, Development, and
  Implementation in an Era of Common Core State
  Standards (Jere Confrey)
• http//mathcurriculumcenter.org/

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Send your ideas/suggestions

• Barbara Reys, reysb_at_missouri.edu
• Brad Findell, Brad.Findell_at_ode.state.oh.us
• Diane J. Briars, djbmath_at_comcast.net
• J. Michael Shaughnessy, mikesh_at_pdx.edu