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"Mathematics and the Common Core: Helping Illinois Educators Prepare for New Standards" was organized to help local school districts, school leaders, and mathematics teachers better understand the Common Core State Standards and encourage them to approach the new standards in productive and meaningful ways. The conference was held on February 16, 2011 at the UIC Forum.
The goals of the conference were to provide participants with reliable information about the standards, their underlying ideas, and how were they were developed; Inform participants about emerging plans for new assessments that will be developed in response to the CCSS; and highlight the impact that the standards are likely to have on existing or new mathematics curricula and instructional materials.
To download a pdf of the conference program, please click here.
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2011 Tenth Annual Lesson Study Conference
"Bringing the Common Core Standards to Life"
Thursday - Saturday, May 12th - 14th, 2011
Newberry Math and Science Academy
700 West Willow, Chicago, IL
More information is available on the Chicago Lesson Study Group website.
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Understanding the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Phil Daro
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Phil Daro codirected the development of the CCSS for Mathematics. He discussed the principles that guided their conception and highlighted the big ideas of the standards. |
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The CCSS for Mathematics: What Now?
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Diane Briars is president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. She discussed productive strategies that districts may consider, and common pitfalls to avoid, as they plan for the CCSS implementation. |
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New Assessments: Plans of the PARCC Consortium
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Twenty-five states, including Illinois, have joined together to create the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Consortium (PARCC). PARCC’s goal is to create an assessment system and supporting tools based upon the CCSS. These new assessments will be implemented in the 2014-15 school year. Stephen Pruitt, Vice President for content, research and development at Achieve, Inc. provided an overview of the initial plans for these assessments and discussed implications for districts during the transition to the new Illinois assessments. |
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College and Career Readiness and the CCSS |
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Stephen Pruitt |
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| A set of college and career readiness standards, developed in summer 2009, created the framework for the CCSS for Mathematics. Stephen Pruitt, Vice President for content, research and development at Achieve, Inc., discussed how the college and career readiness standards were developed and how they are embedded within the CCSS. |
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The CCSS and Middle Grades Mathematics Curricula |
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Mary Jo Tavormina and Margie Pligge |
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| Mary Jo Tavormina, director of WCMI and SCMI, and Margie Pligge, senior coach with SCMI, described how leading developers of middle-grades mathematics curricula are approaching the CCSS—to focus on core content and practices while maintaining coherent and high-quality mathematics curricula. These approaches can inform districts as they implement curriculum in the context of the CCSS. |
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High School Mathematics in Middle School: Approaches for Accelerating Students |
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Morgan Saxby |
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| There are some students who are able to move through mathematics quickly, allowing them to take high school mathematics beginning in eighth grade or earlier so that they can take college-level mathematics in high school. Morgan Saxby, research associate at Achieve, Inc., discussed these compacted courses and suggested important ideas for districts and schools to consider regarding acceleration strategies. |
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Tools and Strategies for Considering Instructional Materials for Implementing the CCSS |
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Diane Briars |
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| Diane Briars, president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM), introduced a new tool being developed by NCSM, in collaboration with Bill Bush of the University of Louisville and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), to help districts move their mathematics programs toward alignment with CCSS expectations. Special emphasis was placed on analyzing instructional materials in terms of their support for development of the CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practices. |
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High School Pathways in the CCSS for Mathematics |
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Brad Findell |
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| Brad Findell, mathematics initiatives administrator for the Ohio Department of Education, was a member of the Achieve committee that developed the Model Pathways, which provide a guide for designing high school mathematics courses based upon the CCSS. After providing an overview of the high school pathways, he discussed ways that school districts might approach CCSS implementation. |
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The CCSS and Elementary Mathematics Curricula |
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Andy Issacs and Tim Stoelinga |
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| Andy Isaacs, director of the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Chicago, and Tim Stoelinga, currently a senior developer for the NSF-funded Intensified Algebra I Project at UIC and formerly a codirector of the Teaching Integrated Mathematics and Science (TIMS) Project at UIC, are leading developers of widely-used elementary mathematics curricula (Everyday Mathematics and Math Trailblazers). They discussed how elementary curriculum developers are approaching the CCSS—to focus on core content and practices while maintaining coherent and high-quality mathematics curricula. These approaches can inform districts as they implement curriculum in the context of the CCSS. |
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The CCSS and High School Mathematics Curricula |
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Al Cuoco |
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| Al Cuoco, distinguished scholar and director of the Center for Mathematics Education (CME) at the Education Development Center (EDC), is a nationally recognized developer of high school mathematics curricula. He discussed how his team at EDC is approaching the CCSS to align the content of the CME project’s four-year mathematics program to the CCSS, while maintaining a coherent and high-quality mathematics curriculum. He also discussed some general benchmarks that districts can use when deciding on curriculum adoptions. |
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Navigating through the CCSS: Activities to Explore the Standards |
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Joanne Baker, Nancy Mueller, and Sendhil Revuluri |
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| To productively implement the CCSS, school and district teams must first understand their organization, big ideas, and underlying principles. Joanne Baker, Nancy Mueller, and Sendhil Revuluri, senior coaches with WCMI and SCMI, introduced activities to help participants explore the structure and components of the CCSS and to help their colleagues do the same. |
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The conference was organized by UIC’s Learning Sciences Research Institute on behalf of the West Cook Mathematics Initiative (WCMI), the South Cook Mathematics Initiative (SCMI), and the Chicago Public Schools Office of Teaching and Learning Mathematics. West 40 Intermediate Service Center (ISC) and South Cook ISC are co-sponsoring organizations. Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and the Chicago Public Schools Office of Teaching and Learning Mathematics provided partial support. |
