Collinsville, Oklahoma
January 4, 2012
Common Core Standards By 2014
Teachers Had Professional Development Day Jan. 4th
Before Students Returned Jan. 5th
All Schools Must Improve But Collinsville Doing Pretty Well Now

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These are some of the elementary teachers gathered at Herald Elementary Thursday to learn about Common Core.

Martha & Danny from EDIT (Educational Development & Instructional Team) presented information on Common Core Standards to Collinsville teachers Thursday Jan. 4, 2012. Those standards will be in full effect by fall of 2014 when the current "No Child Left Behind" (PASS) standards expire. Forty-five states have committed to the new Common Core Standards which are still being refined. One of the goals of this session is develop plans to transition to the new standards gradually over the next 5 remaining semesters rather than a huge change in mid 2014.

More subject areas and grade levels will be included in the new tests. Student writing skill will be 40% of the new tests with 60% multiple choice. And the writing skills will be tested against formal English standards (not texting abbreviations and shortcuts). Some of the written test answers (which the students enter electronically) will be graded by software and there will also be trained human graders waiting to review the answers.

Teachers will need to focus on the current "PASS" standards which will be tested prior to Common Core implementation in 2014.
The middle school and high school teachers were together as a group at CHS Thursday to hear fom the EDIT group about Common Core.
After the EDIT presentation the teachers gatherered in smaller subject groups to discuss plans for implementing Common Core by transitioning in the 5 remaining semesters before it takes place in full by fall of 2014.
Congratulations Collinsville
Students & Teachers!!!
Martha & Danny from EDIT surprised the teachers and administraters here Thursday when they announced that of all the school they have visited in Oklahoma, Collinsville was the only school to have scores above the state average in every subject and every grade level. Those scores are listed below (as supplied by EDIT):
2011 OCCT State Results
Grade
Levels		 Spring 2011 Reading
State % Passing
FAY + NFAY ALL		 Collinsville
Public Schools 2010-11 Reading % Passing
Grade 3
70%
75%
Grade 4
63%
76%
Grade 5
67%
78%
Grade 6
65%
68%
Grade 7
71%
83%
Grade 8
77%
86%
Grade
Levels		 Spring 2010 MATH
State % Passing
FAY + NFAY ALL		 Collinsville
Public Schools 2010-11 Math % Passing
Grade 3
70%
76%
Grade 4
72%
89%
Grade 5
69%
84%
Grade 6
67%
85%
Grade 7
68%
80%
Grade 8
66%
84%
Grade
Levels		 Spring 2010
State % Passing
FAY + NFAY ALL		 Collinsville
Public Schools 2010-11 % Passing
Grade 5 Writing
78%
88%
Grade 8 Writing
85%
93%
Grade 5 Science
89%
96%
Grade 8 Science
89%
95%
Grade 5 U.S. History
70%
84%
Grade 7 World Geography
81%
92%
Grade 8 U.S. History
71%
82%
2011 OCCT State EOI Results
High School Subjects Spring 2010 EOI
State % Passing
FAY + NFAY ALL		 Collinsville
Public Schools EOI 2010-11 % Passing
English II
86%
89%
English III
84%
85%
Algebra I
79%
85%
Algebra II
66%
95%
Geometry
78%
86%
U.S. History
72%
77%