NextGen Learning Standards
Common Core - Simplified and Streamlined
“Old” NYS Standards
Original “New York State Standards” had standards that covered “big picture” topics, and a series of “performance indicators” that would inform teachers what to look for in student work.
Pro: Very specific and student-work centered performance indicators.
Con: Blindingly complex to apply, track, and connect to data-driven assessment.
Standard 1
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Standard 2
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Performance Indicator
Motivation to create the Common Core Learning standards!
American students were falling behind by global literacy measures, so CCLS emphasized:
“I LOVED this book because the depiction of an authentic, Puerto Rican home was so grounded in my experience immigrating to Dunkirk right down to Abuela’s kitchen!
“Many cultures experience movement for socio political reasons. One piece of evidence sharing how Abuela’s experience matches those of other immigrants was…”
Common Core Learning Standards
The Common Core standards genuinely cleaned up the language, and made standards user friendly. There were ten each of RI, RL, and W standards, with no emphasis at all placed on S&L or L standards because they couldn’t be measured by standardized test.
Pro: FAR less standards made it easy to focus on what mattered.
Con: Massive overlap between the two types of reading standards, and a bizarre definition of “balance of fiction and non-fiction texts”
Reading Informational Text
Reading Literature
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
How did the structure of the NYS standards change to become the CCLS?
NextGen Learning Standards
There were three additional, significant changes. The rest were just cleaning up some language.
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
Reading Informational Text
Reading Literature
Reading
NextGen Learning Standards:
Reading Standards at the middle grades were slashed and burned..
By and large, the middle-grades reading standards went from six standards (longitudinal) to one.
Pro: Another simplification to make standard identification and progress tracking easier.
Con: What about the kid who could already achieve that in 6th grade...
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What two major changes occurred when we shifted to NextGen standards?
NextGen Learning Standards:
Reading Literature Standard 7 became less useless at the middle grades.
Reading standard seven is the only one to really change both the content and skills covered across grade levels.
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
RL 8.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
8R 7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different media—text, audio, video, stage, or digital—to present a particular subject or idea and analyze the extent to which a production remains faithful to or departs from the written text. (RI&RL)
“One piece of evidence explaining how the movie was different is there was a cute doggie in the background, and the book didn’t mention the doggy in the background.”
“Watching the video of Amanda Gorman’s inauguration speech really added to the meaning of the content because of her dramatic pause after the word....”
NextGen Learning Standards:
Reading Literature Standard 7 became slightly different and less inclusive at the upper grades.
Direct reference to Shakespeare was removed, and “authors who represent diverse cultures” was replaced by “multiple sources on the same topic.”
Pro: ...I’m not sure...we’re moving past Shakespeare?
Con: The specific reference to sources from diverse cultures should have forced teachers to provide equitable resources, and just saying multiple sources can all come from the same culture.
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
How did Reading Literature Standard 7 change with the shift to NextGen?
NextGen Learning Standards:
Reading Literature Standards 9 and 10 were removed.
Standard 9 literally mentioned religious works, (separation of church and state) at the middle levels, and 18th, 19th, and 20th century works at the HS level.
Standard 10: “at the end of the year students will be at grade level.” (That’s not an exact quote.)
Pro: Everything.
Con: Nothing.
Reading
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Speaking and Listening
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You’re English teachers, please think of a more creative and connotative way to replace the word “removed” from the previous slide.
Which of the following answers describes a change between NYS standards and the Common Core standards?
Which of the following was NOT a stated shift when changing to the Common Core?
Pick the answer that accurately describes one of the major updates from the the Common Core to NextGen.