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 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.
Examples of
PARCC Prototype Items and Task
Prototypes in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics
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
PowerPoints on the Model Content Frameworks and the prototypes will be
available on the ESE website in October 2012.
Massachusetts
PARCC Educator Leader Fellows
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/commoncore. and giving in-person and online presentations from 2012 through 2014.
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.
Developing
Text Sets
A process for selecting informational texts and multimedia resources to
create coherent curriculum units that link science, social studies, the arts,
and comprehensive health with literacy. This resource will be posted at www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore in October 2012.
Massachusetts
Writing Standards in Action Project
Annotated examples of student writing from Massachusetts classrooms,
aligned to the 2011 Massachusetts standards for English language arts and
literacy. A link will be posted at www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore by October 2012.
Professional
Development Courses and Workshops
Courses and professional development workshops will be available through
the six regional District and School Assistance Centers 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.
Introducing Edwin
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 two 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 Edwin@doe.mass.edu.
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 www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore by October
2012.
Massachusetts
Race to the Top Model Curriculum Maps
A template 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 www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore by November
2012.
PREVIOUSLY POSTED RESOURCES for the 2011 Frameworks, 2010-2012
These previously posted resources are still current and still available
on the ESE website
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.
Appendix A: Research behind the
Standards
Appendix B: Text exemplars that show
the recommended text complexity for various grade levels
Appendix C: Exemplars of student
writing at various grade levels
The PARCC
Implementation Workbook for the Common Core State Standards
Tools and Resources aligned to the
2011 standards for professional development workshops
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.
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