Common Core

(CCSS)
JORDAN LEYBA
 What is CCSS's?
Common Core State Standards Initiative
"set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English
language arts/literacy (ELA)"
What students should know and be able to explain at the end of
each grade level
Help prepare students for college, their careers, and their lives
Common core is state-led and is not mandatory making the
federal government not involved
Bloom's Taxonomy and CCSS
Revised in 1990s to exchange the top two levels and
go from nouns to verbs
Each level has its own teacher and student roles
Teachers mostly focus on the bottom two levels
Plays a large role in the making of Common Core
Standards
Majority of CCSS relates to the bottom levels of
Bloom's Taxonomy (Remembering and
Understanding)
Every grade level should gain more access to the top
levels throughout education (Evaluating and Creating)
 Smarter Balanced and PARCC
PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS
SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT
FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS (PARCC)
Assessments aligned with Common Core More information for everyone on how to
prepare kids for their futures and track their
More than just multiple choice questions excellences
Performance tasks- knowledge and skills applied
to the complex real world problems PARCC assessments aligned to help master
Common Core
Four different Assessment components
Summative
Optional
Formative
Secure, online reporting
Samples
These samples are from Smarter Balanced Assessment website

This example's subject is math and is for 7th grade

This examples has a depth of knowledge of two
This item type is equation and its problem solving
This example has multiple steps that students can easily miss.
Samples

This example is meant for ELA/literacy and for 7th grade

This example has a depth of knowledge of one
This example of writing multiple choice
This example's answers are very similar and could be easily
mistaken.
 Conclusions
Common Core is led by the states and says what each student should know at the end of each grade
level in order to help prepare them for college, career, and their lives.
Common Core relates to Bloom's Taxonomy, but mostly relates to the two bottom levels. Throughout
Common Core, each grade should gain more access to the top levels.
Smarter Balanced Assessment and PARCC are aligned with Common Core standards to help determine
how students are doing.
How to align your classroom with Common Core?
Smarter Balanced Assessments
PARCC
Access students higher level thinking
Plan every lesson with Common Core first
Plan every lesson to access all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy