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The Common Core and its Implications for Teacher Education ArACTE Spring Conference April 20, 2012. Dr. Sandra Alberti salberti@studentsachieve.net. Student Achievement Partners, Inc. Context. National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
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The Common Core and itsImplications for Teacher EducationArACTESpring Conference April 20, 2012 Dr. Sandra Alberti salberti@studentsachieve.net Student Achievement Partners, Inc.
Context • National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) • Problem identification: High School Dropout College and Career Readiness
Context: Principles Honest about time Aligned to requirements for College and Career Readiness Based on evidence
ELA/Literacy: 3 shifts • Building knowledge through content-rich informational text • Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text • Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary
Mathematics: 3 shifts • Focus: Focus strongly where the standards focus • Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics • Rigor: In the major work of the grade, require fluency, application, and deep understanding with equal intensity
Implications for Teacher Education • Standards for mastery • Raising expectations • Market forces • Content knowledge • Elementary • Middle School • High School