1. CCSS Shifts in
Standards and
Assessment
Portsmouth School Board
March 27, 2014

2. What are the shifts in the new
standards?
• More Concise
• More Focus- Fewer topics at grade level
• More Application
• More Reasoning - Claims based on evidence

3. Shifts in Mathematics
Shift 1 Focus Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of how time and energy is
spent in the math classroom. They do so in order to focus deeply on only the
concepts that are prioritized in the standards.
Shift 2 Coherence Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning within and across grades so
that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.
Shift 3 Fluency Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with simple calculations;
teachers structure class time and/or homework time for students to memorize,
through repetition, core functions.
Shift 4 Deep
Understanding
Students deeply understand and can operate easily within a math concept before
moving on. They learn more than the trick to get the answer right. They learn the
math.
Shift 5 Application Students are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for
application even when they are not prompted to do so.
Shift 6 Dual Intensity Students are practicing and understanding. There is more than a balance
between these two things in the classroom – both are occurring with intensity.

4. Shifts in ELA/Literacy
Shift 1 Balancing Informational
& Literary Text
Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts.
Shift 2 Knowledge in the Disciplines Students build knowledge about the world (domains/ content
areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities
Shift 3 Staircase of Complexity Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which
instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and
space and support in the curriculum for close reading.
Shift 4 Text-basedAnswers Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based
conversations about text.
Shift 5 Writing from Sources Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or
make an argument.
Shift 6 Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to
access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by
spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.

5. NH GLE - Find Equivalent Fractions
M:01:NO:5.1 (S) - Demonstratesconceptual
understandingofrationalnumberswithrespectto:wholenumbersfrom0to
9,999,999throughequivalency,composition,decomposition,orplacevalueusing
models,explanations,orotherrepresentations;andpositivefractional numbers
(proper,mixednumber,andimproper)(halves,fourths,eighths,thirds,sixths,twelfths,fifths,or
powersoften(10,100,1000)),decimals(tothousandths),orbenchmarkpercents(10%,25%,
50%,75%or100%)asaparttowholerelationshipinarea,set,orlinearmodelsusingmodels,
explanations,orotherrepresentations.

6. CC - Find Equivalent Fractions
3.NF.3a - Understand two fractions as
equivalent (equal) if they are the same
size, or the same point on a number
line.

7. NO.5.1NECAPAssessment
Which model
is shaded
gray to
represent
2/3?

8. NO.5.1NECAPAssessment
Which picture
shows 1/5 of
the circle
shaded gray?

9. This picture shows Mark’s flower
garden.
•Fill in the blank to make a fraction
that represents the part of Mark's
garden that is covered with flowers.
3.NF.3aSmarterBalancedAssessment

10. 8
3.NF.3aSmarterBalancedAssessment

11. GLE
Compare and Order Decimals
M:01:NO:4.2 (S) - Demonstrates understanding of the
relative magnitude of numbers from 0 to 999,999 by ordering or
comparing whole numbers; and ordering, comparing, or identifying
equivalent proper positive fractional numbers; or decimals using
models, number lines, or explanations.

12. CC
Compare and Order Decimals
5.NBT.3
Read, write, and compare decimals to
thousandths.

13. Compare and Order Decimals
The highest temperatures recorded in
4 different countries are listed below.
•127.6°F Australia
•114.8°F Spain
•136.4°F Libya
•134.9°F United States
•What is the highest temperature
listed above?
NO.4.2NECAPAssessment

14. Compare and Order Decimals
Which ball rolled the longest distance?
NO.4.2NECAPAssessment

15. Fiveswimmerscompetein the 50-meterrace. The
finishtime for each swimmeris shownbelow.
Explainhowthe results wouldchangeif the race
useda clockthat roundedto the nearest tenth.
5.NBT.3SmarterBalancedAssessment

16. Smarter Balanced
Assessment Timeline
•Fall 2013- NECAP
•SBAC First assessed in the Spring of
2015

17. How is SBAC Different?
• Computer adaptive
• Time slightly less
• Deeper application
• Technology enhanced items
• Performance tasks

18. Technology Enhanced
• http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/i
ndex.htm#

19. Performance Tasks
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2012/09/performance-tasks/fieldtrip.pdf
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2012/09/performance-tasks/garden.pdf
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2012/09/performance-tasks/crickets.pdf

20. Some standards will have more
weight on the new
Smarter Balanced
assessments

22. Portsmouth Implementation
• Build off of Power Standards Work
• Two years of curriculum alignment work
• Work to align course sequence in math
• Revision of Algebra I
• Work in ELA to include other subject areas
• Work to revise assessments
• Work beginning on aligning performance tasks
• Alignment of report cards
• Work with teachers to gain familiarity with the Smarter
Balanced Assessment

23. Conclusions,
thoughts, questions