Transcript Using SEC with ELA and Mathematics Common Core Standards

Using Survey of the Enacted Curriculum
(SEC) Data to Compare State Standards
to Common Core State Standards
Kansas State Department of Education
Live Meeting: Using the SEC with ELA and Mathematics
Common Core Standards
May 25, 2011
David Barnes and Kris Shaw- KSDE Consultants
Survey of the Enacted Curriculum
Assessment
The Standards
Assessment
Content Coded to SEC Criteria
Experts code state and national standards and
assessments to established SEC content
expectations
◦ Cognitive expectation is identified
◦ The SEC content framework is specific to the
content area
 The SEC content expectations are broader than
any single state’s standards or assessments
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Mathematics
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Number Sense
Operations
Measurement
Consumer Applications
Basic Algebra
Advanced Algebra
Geometric Concepts
Advanced Geometry
Data Displays
Statistics
Probability
Analysis
Trigonometry
Special Topics
Functions
Language Arts
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Phonemic awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Text and print features
Fluency
Comprehension
Critical Reasoning
Author's Craft
Writing Process
Elements of Presentation
Writing Applications
Language Study
Listening and Viewing
Speaking and Presenting
What are the Common Core State Standards?
How Does CCSS Compare to Current State Standards?
CCSS Descriptors Issued by Achieve:
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Aligned with college and work expectations
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Focused and coherent
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Includes rigorous content and application of knowledge
through high-order skills
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Builds upon strengths and lessons of current state standards
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Internationally benchmarked so all students are prepared to
succeed in our global economy and society
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Based on evidence and research
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State led – coordinated by NGA Center and CCSSO
Comparing Standards
Comparing like documents
 State Standards
 Common Core Standards
 KSDE Common Core- Survey of Enacted
Curriculum Content Analysis of Standards
http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid
=4605
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What are Appropriate Questions?
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How well does your state standards compare
to the CCSS?
What information would you like to explore?
◦ Examples:
 How well aligned are the standards for the topic of
multiplication: 1) grade-level, 2) performance
expectations, and 3) other aspects of multiplication?
 What aspects of LA are weak or missing from either of
the standards in terms of: 1) Reading, 2) Writing, 3)
Listening, or 4) Speaking?
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What areas are not well aligned?
Explore and develop a process for refining
questions
Posing Questions
“I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the
questions are certainly worth thinking about.”
Arthur C. Clarke
 Refining questions
 What is a hypothesis?
 How are testable questions developed?
 Information may be found for many purposes
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Interesting
Wanted
Needed
Useful
Comparing Standards
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Compare State Standards to CCSS
1. What attributes are important?
2. What other data do you think you want?
3. What are some good questions you wish to
pose?
Grade-Level Comparisons
 Analyzing the Differences
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◦ Understanding CCSS
◦ Local Knowledge
Comparing Standards
Course Grain Comparisons
 Fine Grain Comparisons
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State Standards
 Common Core Standards
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Note: Standards data is available online to anyone
wishing to compare state or national standards.
John Smithson’s Explanation
About Data
• “Data is not information and information is
not wisdom.”
• How can the SEC data be translated into
information?
• How can the information be used wisely?
The Kansas Assessment
Assessment
Content Analysis of Standards and
Assessment
• What does the data mean?
• What patterns emerge from the data?
• What types of inferences are warranted?
• What additional information is useful in
analyzing the SEC data?
Samples of Data
• What stories do you see in your state?
• What is the purpose of the coded documents?
• How well does your state standards compare to
CCSS?
• What information would you like to access and
analyze now?
Exploring SEC Data
• David Barnes and Kris Shaw demonstrating Kansas SEC data
Instruction
Assessment
What is the Survey?
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SEC Reports Tutorialhttp://seconline.wceruw.org/secWebHom
e.htm