Common Core State Standards: A Statewide Dialogue

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NYSED.gov

• Common Core State Standards A Statewide Dialogue
  
• What is the Common Core State Standards
  Initiative and how is New York State involved?

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What is the Common Core State Standards
Initiative (CCSSI)?

• New York is one of 51 states and territories that
  have joined the CCSSI
• A joint effort by the National Governors
  Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State
  School Officers (CCSSO)
• A significant and historic opportunity for states
  to collectively develop and adopt a core set of
  academic standards in English language arts and
  mathematics

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What is the Common Core State Standards
Initiative? (cont)

• April 2009, New York State committed to being a
  part of the Common Standards Dialogue after
  signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to
  participate in the national dialogue to develop
  these voluntary standards

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What is the Common Core State Standards
Initiative? (cont)

• States choosing to align their standards to the
  Common Core Standards have agreed that the common
  core will represent at least 85 percent of their
  states standards in ELA and mathematics
• States may add up to 15 additional standards as
  judged necessary

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Who is involved in the development?

• The National Governors Association (NGA) and the
  Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  are leading the process in partnership with ACT,
  the College Board, and Achieve to develop the
  common core state standards in English language
  arts and mathematics

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Why is this important?

• These Common Core Standards will be a critical
  first step to bring about real and meaningful
  transformation of our education system to benefit
  all students
• The Common Core Standards help define the
  knowledge and skills all students need to succeed
  in college and careers
• Expectations will be consistent for all students

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When will the Common Core Standards be released?
(Revised 3/10/10)

• September 2009 Draft college and career
  readiness standards released for public review
  and comment
• December 2009 Preliminary draft of K-8 grade by
  grade standards for ELA and mathematics released
  for workgroup and state review and comment
• March 2010 Final draft of K-12 grade by grade
  standards for ELA and mathematics released for
  public review and comment
• Spring 2010 Final set of ELA and mathematics
  standards issued

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NGA/CCSSO ELA/Mathematics Common Core Standards

• The following slides provide a brief overview of
  the March draft K-12 ELA and mathematics Common
  Core Standards

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Overview of Common Core State Standards for
English Language Arts

• Contains an Introduction with clarifications
  and guidance
• Standards are organized by grade-level (K-8) and
  grade-band (9-10 11-12)
• Standards are divided into Reading, Writing,
  Speaking, Listening, and Language strands
• Is aligned to the NGA/CCSSO College- and
  Career-Readiness Standards released in September
  2009

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Overview of Common Core K-12 Standards (cont)

• The Standards comprise three main sections a
  comprehensive K-5 section and two content
  area-specific sections for grades 6-11, one in
  English language arts and one in history/social
  studies and science
• Contains appendices with research supporting the
  standards, examples of illustrative texts, and
  samples of student writing

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Overview of Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (added 3/10/10)

• Organized as Core Standards-what students should
  understand and be able to do
• Includes Eight Mathematical Practices that are to
  be woven throughout the curriculum and taught in
  conjunction with content and procedures
• Grade level standards for grades K-8 organized by
  domains (large groups of related standards) and
  clusters (smaller groups of related standards)
• Bands of progressions in grades K-8 organized by
  domains and clusters

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Overview of Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (cont) (added 3/10/10)

• Grades 9-12 organized in conceptual categories or
  modules/progressions under the headings of
  Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions,
  Geometry, Statistics and Probability, and
  Modeling
• Appendices include grades 9-12 model course
  descriptions based on the conceptual categories
• Glossary of terms

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How does the Common Core State Standards
Initiative connect to the Board of Regents
Standards Review Initiative?

• Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2007 mandates the State
  Education Department to establish a timeline and
  process to review and evaluate the New York State
  Learning Standards which were approved in 1996,
  beginning with English language arts

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How does the Common Core State Standards
Initiative connect to the Board of Regents
Standards Review Initiative? (cont)

• Over the past two years, the Standards Review
  Initiative English Language Arts Panel has
  reviewed and revised the NYS ELA Learning
  Standards
• The grade by grade draft PreK-12 document for
  ELA/ESL Learning Standards was presented to the
  Board of Regents at its December 2009 meeting
• The draft ELA/ESL Learning Standards revision
  work will be considered in conjunction with the
  final NGA/CCSSO Common Core Standards

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How does the Common Core State Standards
Initiative connect to the Board of Regents
Standards Review Initiative? (cont)

• The Board of Regents adopted the revised NYS
  Mathematics Standard in 2005
• The NYS Mathematics Standard 3 will be
  benchmarked against the Common Core Standards

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What is the process for adoption in New York
State? (Revised 3/10/10)

• New York State is taking a leadership role as
  part of the Common Core Standards Initiative
• A series of events have already begun in the
  implementation of a four phase process
• New York looks to adopt a combined set of new
  learning standards and grade-by-grade performance
  expectations for P-12 in ELA and mathematics
• These learning standards will be informed by the
  Common Core Standards, the draft Standards Review
  Initiative ELA/ESL Learning Standards, and the
  2005 Mathematics Core

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Four Phase Process(Revised 3/10/10)

• Phase 1
• Public Review and Comment on Common Core
  Standards
• December 2009-April 2010
• Information on the Common Core Standards can be
  found on the NYSED Common Core Standards
  Initiative website including a toolkit for public
  comment

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Phase 1(cont) The toolkit contains

• A video of Commissioner Steiner inviting public
  review comment
• A powerpoint presentation of the Common Core
  Standards Initiative
• NGA/CCSSO final draft of the grade by grade
  Common Core Standards for public review and
  comment
• Two online survey instruments one for public
  comment on the NGA/CCSSO proposed ELA standards
  the other for public comment on the NGA/CCSSO
  mathematics standards
• Links to related materials

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Phase 1 (cont)

• Regional Forums will be held statewide through
  the NYS Teacher Centers
• NYSED will compile statewide survey results
• NYSED will submit a formal response to NGA/CCSSO

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Phase 2(Revised 3/10/10)Propose a revised set
of NYS Learning Standards for ELA/Mathematics

• Review final set of Common Core Standards against
  the draft ELA/ESL Learning Standards, 2005
  Mathematics Core, and the Standards Review
  Initiative (SRI) Working Principles
• Compile a proposed draft of NYS Learning
  Standards for ELA and mathematics
• Develop recommendations to the Board of Regents
  for adoption

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Phase 3(Revised 3/10/10)Public Review, Comment
and Adoption of NYS Learning Standards for ELA
and Mathematics

• An invitation will be extended for statewide
  public review and comment of the proposed PreK-12
  NYS Learning Standards for ELA and mathematics
• Board of Regents will act on a revised set of ELA
  and Mathematics Learning Standards July 2010

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Phase 4 (Revised 3/10/10)

• Design curriculum frameworks that are sequenced,
  spiraled, content- rich and form the foundation
  for world-class learning, professional
  development, pre-service education, formative
  assessment, and summative assessment
• Integrate the revised learning standards into the
  States P-12 schools
• Revise the States Testing Program to measure
  student attainment of the learning standards
• Revise/create standards in other subjects, such
  as science, technology, and the Arts

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Phase 4 (cont) (Revised 3/10/10) What happens
next?

• For systemic change to occur, educators and
  students must be supported (e.g., time,
  resources, teacher preparation, professional
  development) in changing classroom practice to
  facilitate attainment of the learning standards

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For More Information

• NYSED Process Common Core State Standards
  Initiative http//www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/common_c
  ore_standards.html
• Common Core State Standards Initiative
• www.corestandards.org
• National Governors Association (NGA) www.nga.org
  
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  www.ccsso.org