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3	An Era of Standards NCTM publishes standards in 1989 (content), 1991 (teaching), 1995 (assessment), and 2000 (revision) Florida adopts first set of Sunshine State Standards for Math in 1996 Grade Level Expectations written in 1999
4	An Era of Standards By 2007, all 50 states have adopted Standards In 2006, Florida State Board of Education adopts a 6-year revision cycle of standards. Focus will be on higher levels of achievement, challenge, and rigor
5	What is the Role of the Standards? Define the content, knowledge, and abilities that a Florida K-12 mathematics student is expected to have and master at the end of each grade level or course Provide clear guidance to teachers for Depth of Knowledge and instructional goals Provide framework for textbooks and other instructional materials Provide framework for Assessment Serve as a guide to improve student learning in mathematics
6	What did the Researchers Report? (content available at flstandards.org) 1996 Sunshine State Standards for Math could be improved by: More Coherence (i.e., better logical progression of topics and complexity) Less Overlap of topics: More Depth at each topic Increase in Cognitive Complexity Improved Clarity of Expectations
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10	Revision Process September 2006 – Framers convene October 2006 through January 2007 – Writers draft K-8 standards and secondary content standards with comment and review from framers February through March 2007 – Individual, Public, and Committees review drafts April through June 2007 – Revisions of drafts based on public review June 2007 – Evaluation of cognitive complexity of Benchmarks August 2007 – Present new standards to the State Board of Education
11	Of the People, By the People,… 20 people on the framer’s committee 5 external experts 22 people on the writer’s committee 43,025 ratings of benchmarks through online review process 15 expert review panelists 7 reviewers from the business community 22 depth of knowledge raters
12	Web-based Public Review 43,025 total ratings of 504 benchmarks Ratings from all school districts 503 of 504 benchmarks 50% or more rated “agree” or “strongly agree” Ratings included public comment
13	Web-based Public Review 1,391 Raters Completed the Visitor Profile How they Identified Themselves: 50 as administrators 32 as district staff 37 as “other interested persons” 26 as parents 1,242 as teachers 4 no response
14	Terms in the 1996 and 2007 Standards 1996 Standards Grade Band Strand Benchmark Grade Level Expectation 2007 Standards Body of Knowledge Supporting Idea Big Idea Access Points Benchmark
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17	What is a Supporting Idea? Supporting Ideas are not subordinate to Big Ideas Supporting Ideas may serve to prepare students for concepts or topics that will arise in later grades Supporting Ideas may contain grade-level appropriate math concepts that are not included in the Big Ideas
18	What are Access Points? written for students with significant cognitive disabilities to access the general education curriculum reflect the core intent of the standards with reduced levels of complexity three levels of complexity include participatory, supported, and independent with the participatory level being the least complex
19	Coding Scheme
20	Access Points Coding Scheme
21	Comparing the Standards
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23	How is this accomplished? Fewer topics per grade due to less repetition from year to year Move from “covering” topics to teaching them in-depth for long term learning Individual teachers will need to know how to begin each topic at the concrete level, move to the abstract, and connect it to more complex topics
24	What does this mean for teachers? Teachers will now have content specific benchmarks to lead their instruction, no longer being dependent upon the text for the content of the course they are teaching End-of-course exams and pre-tests can be built from the benchmarks listed in course descriptions Teachers and Administrators will know exactly what benchmarks are to be taught in each course and at each grade level
25	Bodies Of Knowledge 9-12
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27	Moving Forward with the Mathematics Standards Revisions began September 2006 Adoption anticipated in September 2007 2007-2008 Transition year New course descriptions Standards crosswalk Textbook alignment 2007-2008 Math Alternate Assessment based on Access Points 2008-2009 Implementation year 2010-2011 Assessment
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29	Two Big Points Smaller number of benchmarks per grade level should dramatically change how K – 8 math instruction occurs in Florida The FL DOE cannot implement these standards alone. We need assistance from superintendents, principals, district math specialists, math resource teachers, YOU!
30	Other Things Going On New Course Descriptions based on the new math content standards New “standards database” with resources for teachers, parents, students, district personnel Middle School Mathematics Initiative
31	Other Things Going On (cont) FCR-STEM (visit http://www.fcrstem.org) Content Enhancement Routines Texas Instruments State Math Day – (maybe Feb 1, 2008??) US DOE MSP Grant Funding Sunshine State Scholars
32	Florida’s Office of Math and Science Mary Jane Tappen, Executive Director Mary.Tappen@fldoe.org Todd Clark, Deputy Director Todd.Clark@fldoe.org Rob Schoen, Mathematics Specialist Robert.Schoen@fldoe.org
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