New+Frameworks+Resources

** 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics **
 * Resources to Support Transition to the **

These freely available resources may be useful during the transition to the new standards. If you have feedback, suggestions for additional resources, or find a broken link, please send an email to mathsciencetech@doe.mass.edu.

**__Resources add by Emily Veader on 9/19/12__**

**Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education **  **Resources for Implementing //The// //Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks// **   **in 2012-2013 ** This year teachers in Massachusetts’ classrooms will make the transition to the new ELA/Literacy and Mathematics standards (based on the //Common Core State Standards // adopted by 45 states). These new standards are designed to prepare students for college and careers after high school. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has taken a number of steps to provide tools, resources, and support for the implementation of the new ELA/Literacy and Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks.

The resources listed here may be found at: [|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore].
 * The 2011 //Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for English Language Arts/Literacy// and //Mathematics// **

These documents incorporate the Common Core State Standards and include the additional Massachusetts standards for pre-kindergarten and selected topics in other grades.


 * __NEW RESOURCES for the //Frameworks// in 2012-2013 __**


 * The 2012 //PARCC// ****//Interactive Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics //**// (Revised Version 2.0 August 31, 2012) //and**2012 //PARCC Interactive Model Content Frameworks for English Language Arts and Literacy//** //(Version 2.0)//, **grades 3-11.** These documents provide further guidance on the content in math and ELA/literacy that should be the major focus for students at each grade level. These content frameworks are organized by grade; interactive components include a glossary.

[|www.parcconline.org/parcc-model-content-frameworks]

These prototypes are examples of the types of assessment items under development by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career. [|www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Examples of PARCC Prototype ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Items and Task Prototypes in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">PowerPoints on the Model Content Frameworks and the prototypes will be available on the ESE website in October 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Twenty-four K-16 educators have been selected to learn about all aspects of PARCC resources and assessments and to communicate new developments at the local, regional, and state level. They will be developing resources that will be posted on [|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commconcore] and giving in-person and online presentations from 2012 through 2014.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Massachusetts PARCC Educator Leader Fellows **

**Tri-State Rubric & Review Process** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Tri-State Collaborative (the Education Departments of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York), working with Achieve, Inc., constructed a rubric to help educators determine the quality, rigor, and alignment of lessons and units to the //Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts// and //Mathematics.// Massachusetts has adapted these rubrics for use with curriculum units in history/social science and science and technology/engineering as well. ESE uses these rubrics in the Model Curriculum unit development and review process. A link to these rubrics and a PowerPoint for using them will be posted at [|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore] by October 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Courses and professional development workshops will be available through the six regional District and School Assistance Centers [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and the six regional Readiness Centers. Topics through the summer of 2013 will include the introduction of new standards for English Language Learners (WIDA) and new draft standards for science and technology/engineering.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Professional Development Courses and Workshops **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">An upcoming online resource for Race to the Top districts, Edwin will be a comprehensive teaching and learning platform that will support educators at every level. Now branded as Edwin, this platform will provide a single point of entry for educators to access Department resources in tow broad areas: teaching and learning, and analytics. Edwin Teaching and Learning will include model curriculum units, curriculum maps, lesson planning tools, and a digital library of vetted resources. Edwin Analytics will provide access to existing data systems, including an Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS), and student assessment and attendance data. Districts that choose to adopt some or all of these system components should see cost savings in their expenditures for software and other systems. For more information, email <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Edwin@doe.mass.edu <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Introducing Edwin **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Through the Massachusetts RTTT initiative, teams of educators from across the state will develop more than 100 pre-k to 12 model curriculum units in English language arts and literacy, history/social science, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering by 2014. These model units are aligned to the Massachusetts standards and represent the instructional shifts represented in the new ELA and mathematics standards. Beginning in October 2012, the first 34 model curriculum units will be piloted in our RTTT districts and in districts that receive funding under the Massachusetts Literacy Partnership (Fund Code 738). A link to samples of these units will be made publicly available at <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by October 2012.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Massachusetts Race to the Top ****Model Curriculum Units**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A template for that districts can use for curriculum mapping, as well as four draft model curriculum maps for English language arts and literacy, history/social science, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering that outline how the standards can be taught over the course of an academic year. There will be a guide and a PowerPoint presentation to assist districts with the process of curriculum mapping. A link to these materials will be made publicly available at <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> by November 2012.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Massachusetts Race to the Top Model Curriculum Maps **


 * __<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 11pt;">PREVIOUSLY POSTED RESOURCES for the 2011 //Frameworks,// 2010-2012 __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">These previously posted resources are still current and still available on the ESE website


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Appendices A, B, and C of the 2010 //Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects// **//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Appendix A: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Research behind the Standards

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Appendix B: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Text exemplars that show the recommended text complexity for various grade levels

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Appendix C: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Exemplars of student writing at various grade levels


 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The PARCC Implementation Workbook for the Common Core State Standards //**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tools and Resources aligned to the 2011 standards for professional development workshops **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">PowerPoint presentations with hands-on activities, standards crosswalks, guidance briefs such as “Making Decisions about Course Sequences” and “The New Model Algebra I Course”; a year-by-year transition plan for the MCAS assessments in English language arts and mathematics. [|www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore].

**__Resources added by Emily Veader on 1/25/12__**

PARCC Intent to Negotiate (ITN)-- includes an FAQ and summary along with the full ITN: []

Developing Fractions Instruction for K-8-- [|http://dww.ed.gov/Fractions/topic/?T_ID=37&t=3#tc] which includes videos of researchers and classroom teachers discussing fractions, and tools and templates. Below are a few interesting resources from the website:
 * Fractions Progression Diagram || [[file:2257_fr_diagram (3).pdf]] ||
 * Fractions Instruction Planning Template Using the Common Core || [[file:template_common_core_math.doc]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher-Coach Reflection on Practice Tool || [[file:tool_reflection.doc]] ||

**__Resources add by ESE on 11/21/11:__**

__FOR USE as TOOLS__

2011 MA Math Framework Exploration Activities and Overviews - Facilitator materials and hands-on activities for educators to engage with the new mathematics standards. Source/lead: MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Website: [] Primary audience: Administrators, curriculum leaders, teachers

A Closer Look at the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics – Similar to the MA Exploration Activities, this introductory module provides facilitator materials and handouts. Source/lead: Education Northwest (formerly Northwest Regional Education Laboratory) Website: [] Primary audience: Administrators, curriculum leaders, teachers

Mathematics Curriculum Analysis Project - Tools that can be used to analyze commercial curriculum materials with regard to alignment to the Common Core State Standards. Source/lead: Bill Bush Web link: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders

Common Core Implementation Workbook - Outlines a process and provides resources for planning and executing implementation of the new standards; intended audience is both state and district leaders. Source/lead: Achieve and U.S. Education Delivery Institute Web link: [] Primary audience: Administrators

__FOR SAMPLE TASKS THAT CLAIM ALIGNMENT WITH COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS__

Inside Mathematics Website - Mathematics tasks, many with accompanying video, transcripts, and student work. Some of the materials have been aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Source/lead: Silicon Valley Math Initiative and the Noyce Foundation Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders, teachers

Mathematics Assessment Project – This project seeks to provide materials that “exemplify the CCSS in explicit down-to-earth performance terms.” Currently includes summative assessment tasks and tests, mostly at the high school level, and plans to add formative assessment lessons and professional development modules. Source/lead: Shell Center, Math Assessment Resource Service (MARS) Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders, teachers at the high school level

New York City Department of Education Common Core-Aligned Tasks – Provides a culminating performance task for a unit of study at each grade level Pre-K-8 and high school, including annotated student work and additional instructional supports. Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders, teachers

Mathematics Learning Community Professional Development Materials - These materials are comprised of mathematics tasks, student work, and facilitator’s notes for 15 two-hour professional development sessions. Source/lead: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders, teachers

Illustrative Mathematics Project - This project will develop, vet, and disseminate mathematical tasks intended to "illustrate the range and types of mathematical work that students will experience in a faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards." The Common Core State Standards are posted in an interactive format and tasks will be added on an ongoing basis. Source/lead: Bill McCallum Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders, teachers

__OTHER RESOURCES__

Arizona Department of Education Mathematics Standards - The Arizona state standards incorporate the CCSS and provide tasks, examples, and explanations that unpack the content and practice standards. One of the lead writers of the CCSS reviewed the documents informally. Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders

Ohio Department of Education Model Curriculum - Teams of educators developed suggestions for instructional strategies and resources linked to their new Common Core-based standards. Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders

Common Core State Standards Appendix A - Recommendations on course pathways for high school, including compacted pathways that cover in grades 7-8 the content contained in the CCSS standards for grades 7, 8, and Algebra I/Math I. Source/lead: Achieve Web link: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders at the high school level

Hunt Institute Common Core YouTube Videos – The authors of the Common Core State Standards (both math and ELA) provide short 1-10 minute explanations of key information related to the standards. The clips can be useful for basic information and as conversation starters. The Vermont Department of Education provides a clear list of the videos with main points. Source/lead: Hunt Institute Web link: [] Primary audience: Administrators, curriculum leaders, teachers

Parents’ Guides to Student Success – These guides help parents learn about each grade and high school, including key content, activities to do at home, and how to talk with teachers. Source/lead: National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Website: [] Primary audience: Administrators, parents

What do District Administrators Need to Know? – This four-page brief “reviews actions district administrators should consider taking to prepare their schools for CCSS implementation.” Source/lead: Northwest Education Web link: [] Primary audience: District administrators

Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) - The assessment consortium will develop the assessments that MA will start implementing in SY14-15 (assuming the assessments are of acceptably high quality). The website currently provides some information on the design and also includes the “content framework” that will support the development of the assessment blueprint. Source/lead: Achieve Website: [] Primary audience: Administrators, curriculum and assessment leaders, teachers

__TO READ, REFLECT, and REFERENCE__

Progressions Documents for the Common Core State Standards - Described as "narrative documents describing the progression of a topic across a number of grade levels, informed both by research on children's cognitive development and by the logical structure of mathematics," there are four draft documents currently posted with more to come. Source/lead: Bill McCallum Website: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders

Gearing Up for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics - This document provides recommendations for the initial areas of focus for mathematics professional development. Source/lead: Bill McCallum Web link: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders and professional development coordinators

Learning Trajectories in Mathematics - This report synthesizes current information on learning trajectories and argues for their importance. The appendix provides brief summaries of the best research studies in this field. Source/lead: Phil Daro and the Center for Continuous Instructional Improvement Web link: [] Primary audience: Curriculum leaders