What does it mean?
•Currently, standards vary from
state to state.
•CCSS will help ensure consistent quality
in education no matter your zip code.
•By 2014, 64% of new jobs will require
postsecondary training.
•About $1.4 billion per year is spent on
remedial education for college students.
• A historic, bipartisan state-led effort by the
National Governor’s Assoc and the Council of
Chief of State School Officers along with
education groups, such as ACT, College Board
(SAT), and Achieve.
•Consistent English language arts and math
standards for kindergarten through twelfth
grades voluntarily adopted by states.
•CCSS are relevant to the real world and
reflective of knowledge and skills needed in
college and career.
•National PTA adopted a position statement
Supporting clear, high standards in 1981.
•PTA is the leading voice speaking on behalf of
parents.
•PTAs have the ability to be the vehicle of
information as Mississippi begins the implementation
Stage of CCSSI.
English language arts consists of four strands:
•Reading
•Writing
•Speaking and Listening
•Language
Each strand is further broken down to specific
standards.
Separate standards are included for reading and
writing in history/social studies, science, and
technical subjects.
Reading Standards for Literature
Reading Standards for
Informational Text
Grade 3: Describe characters in a
story (e.g., their traits,
motivations, or feelings) and
explain how their actions
contribute to the sequence of
events.
Grade 3: Describe the relationships
between a series of historical events,
scientific ideas of concepts, or steps in
technical procedures in a text, using
language that pertains to time,
sequence, and cause/effect.
Grade 7: Analyze how particular
elements of a story or drama
interact (e.g., how setting shapes
the characters or plot)
Grade 7: Analyze the interactions
between individuals, events, and ideas
in a text (e.g., how ideas influence
individuals or events, or how
individuals influence ideas or events).
Grades 11-12: Evaluate various
explanations for characters’
actions or for events and
determine which explanation best
accords with textual evidence,
acknowledging where the text
leaves matters uncertain.
Grades 11-12: Analyze a complex set
of ideas or sequence of events and
explain how specific individuals, ideas,
or events interact and develop over the
course of the text.
From Achieve.org Understanding the CCSSI, June 2010
Grade-Level Standards
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K-8 grade-by-grade standards organized by
domain with a concentration in geometry and
algebra in 7th and 8th grades.
9-12 high school standards organized by
conceptual categories- Number and Quantity,
Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics
and Probability.
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How teachers should teach.
All that can or should be taught.
The nature of advanced work beyond the core.
The interventions needed for students well
below grade level.
The full range of support for English language
learners and students with special needs.
Everything needed to be college and career
ready.
Internet Resources
•www.corestandards.org
•www.ode.state.oh.us
•www.achieve.org/achievingcommoncore
•www.commoncore.org