CCSS:
Common Core State Standards
SBAC:
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
AGENDA
1.  Shifts in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
! What Do These Shifts Look Like in the Classroom?
! 3rd Grade Math Problem
! Discussion/Progression of Standards Grades 3-5
! 5th Grade Math Problem
2. Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Test “Nitty Gritty”
! Question Types
! Score Reports
3. Resources for Families
Presented by Martha Simmons
5th Grade Teacher
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English Language
Arts (“ELA”) Shifts
Math Shifts
1.  Informational Text
1.  Focus
Building knowledge through
content-rich non-fiction.
2.  Evidence from Text
Reading, writing, and speaking
grounded in evidence from text,
both literary and informational.
3.  Text Complexity
Regular practice with complex
text and its academic language.
Narrow the scope of content
and deepen how time and
energy is spent.
2.  Coherence
Integration across grades &
subject areas.
3.  Rigor
Conceptual understanding,
procedural fluency, and
application of skills in problem
solving situations.
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SBAC GRADE 3 MATH PROBLEM
What do you have to know and understand to
successfully answer this question?
EXPECTATIONS IN THE COMMON CORE STATE
STANDARDS AND SBAC ASSESSMENT
Discussion
1)  What content (math) skills are needed for students to be
successful?
2)  What other skills are needed?
3)  What does a well supported explanation look like in math
or language arts?
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
NUMBER AND OPERATIONS – FRACTIONS
GRADE 3
!  Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
!  Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases and
compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
!  Understand two fractions are equivalent if they are the
same size or the same point on a number line.
!  Explain why fractions are equivalent using a visual fraction
model.
!  Compare two fractions with the same numerator or same
denominator by reasoning about their size.
BUILDING CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING:
reasoning about size and using visual models
GRADE 4
!  Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and
ordering.
!  Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and
extending previous understandings of operations on
whole numbers.
!  Understand decimal notation for fractions and
compare decimal fractions.
There is a continued emphasis on using visual models, and
explaining the part-to-whole relationship.
GRADE 5
!  Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract
fractions.
!  Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication
and division to multiply and divide fractions.
!  Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of
fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of
unlike denominators
!  Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to
estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of
answers.
COHERENCE: INTEGRATION ACROSS GRADES
By GRADE 5 students are using their conceptual understanding of fraction
equivalence to problem solve with addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division.
SBAC GRADE 5 MATH PROBLEM
Lola has 4 orange juice containers. Each container is 5/8 full. Lola
claims to have a total of 2 ½ gallons of orange juice in the 4 four
containers.
Which of these statements must be true in order for Lola’s claim to be
correct?
Each container has a capacity of 5/8 gallon.
Each container has a capacity of 1 gallon.
Each container has a capacity of 2 ½ gallons.
Each container has a capacity of 8 gallons.
How do the 3rd and 4th grade standards prepare students
for 5th grade work?
SIX ITEM TYPES
1.  Selected Response
2.  Constructed Response
3.  Extended Response
4.  Technology-Enabled
5.  Technology-Enhanced
6.  Performance Tasks
SELECTED RESPONSE
MULTIPLE CORRECT OPTIONS
Which of the following statements is a property of a rectangle? Select all
that apply.
☐ Contains three sides ☐ Contains four sides ☐ Contains eight sides ☐ Contains two sets of parallel lines ☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is acute ☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is obtuse ☐ All interior angles are right angles ☐ All sides have the same length ☐ All sides are of different length 13
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE
The table below shows the number of students in each third-grade
class at Lincoln School.
Students in Third-Grade
Class
Number of
Students
Mrs. Roy
24
Mr. Grant
21
Mr. Harrison
22
Ms. Mack
25
There are 105 fourth-grade students at Lincoln School. How many
more fourth-grade students than third-grade students are at Lincoln
School? Show or explain how you found your answer.
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CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE
EXTENDED RESPONSE
Ms. McCrary wants to make a rabbit pen in a section of her lawn.
Her plan for the rabbit pen includes the following:
•  It will be in the shape of a rectangle.
•  It will take 24 feet of fence material to make.
•  Each side will be longer than 1 foot.
•  The length and width will measure whole feet.
Part A
Draw 3 different rectangles that can each represent Ms. McCrary’s rabbit
pen. Be sure to use all 24 feet of fence material for each pen.
Use the grid below. Click the places where you want the corners of your
rectangle to be. Draw one rectangle at a time. If you make a mistake, click
on your rectangle to delete it. Continue as many times as necessary.
Use your keyboard to type the length and width of each rabbit pen you draw.
Then type the area of each rabbit pen. Be sure to select the correct unit for
each answer.
[Students will input length, width, and area for each rabbit pen. Students will
choose unit from drop down menu.]
Pen 1: Pen 2: Length: (feet, square feet) Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet) Pen 3: Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet) Part B
Ms. McCrary wants her rabbit to have more than 60 square feet of ground area inside
the pen. She finds that if she uses the side of her house as one of the sides of the rabbit
pen, she can make the rabbit pen larger.
• Draw another rectangular rabbit pen.
• Use all 24 feet of fencing for 3 sides of the pen.
• Use one side of the house for the other side of the pen.
• Make sure the ground area inside the pen is greater than 60 square feet.
Use the grid below. Click the places where you want the corners of your rectangle to be.
If you make a mistake, click on your rectangle to delete it.
Use your keyboard to type the length
and width of each rabbit pen you
draw. Then type the area of each
rabbit pen. Be sure to select the
correct unit for each answer. Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet) 15
TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED
Collects Evidence through a Non-­‐Tradi6onal Response The value of y is proportional the the value of x. The constant of proportionality
for this relationship is 1. On the grid below, graph this proportional relationship.
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TECHNOLOGY ENABLED
Digital Media
Response Types
! Video
! Animation
! Sound
! Interactive tools
! Selected
! Constructed
PERFORMANCE TASK
!  Challenge students to apply their knowledge and
skills to respond to complex real-world problems.
!  Collections of questions and activities that are
connected to a single theme or scenario.
!  Meant to measure depth of understanding, writing
and research skills, and complex analysis.
!  Taken on a computer (but will not be computer
adaptive) and will take one to two class periods to
complete.
TEST LENGTH ESTIMATES
ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL DESCRIPTORS
Four Levels of Proficiency
!  Level 4: Thorough understanding/Standard Exceeded
!  Level 3: Adequate understanding/Standard Met
!  Level 2: Partial understanding/Standard Nearly Met
!  Level 1: Minimal understanding/Standard Not Met
Complies with NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Proficiency levels are set high
Can’t be compared to CST by law
SAMPLE SBAC STUDENT REPORT
SAMPLE SBAC STUDENT REPORT
GROW YOUR MINDSET HANDOUT
LINKS TO RESOURCES
Math Homework Support (CMP):
https://connectedmath.msu.edu/families/homework-support/
Practice SBAC:
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/ca/practice-test-ca/
National PTA Website- Parent Guides by Grade Level in English and Spanish:
http://www.pta.org/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2796
EngageNY- Math Activities for Parents and Families:
https://www.engageny.org/educational-activities-for-parents-and-students
Math Playground/Thinking Blocks: Modeling to solve word problems
http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html
Khan Academy- Step by Step Lessons:
https://www.khanacademy.org/