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1. Transitioning to the
Common Core
State Standards
Presenters:
Kristin Moran
John Wood

2. Topics for Today
• MAP® Alignment to Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)
• From Draft Standards to the Future:
NWEA’s Evolving Relationship to CCSS
• Common Core Planning and Transition

3. NWEA and the Draft CCSS
• The Common Core State Standards have been a
major focus at NWEA.
• Chief Executive Officer Matt Chapman and
Chief Academic Officer Raymond Yeagley
presented an analysis of a draft-version of the
standards to the three organizations leading and
managing the standards development process:
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• National Governors Association
• Achieve Inc.

4. MAP® Aligned with Common Core
• Aligned to the CCSS in the same way we
align to existing state standards
• Goal structures in reading, language
usage and mathematics just as we do for
existing state standards
• Item pools that measure the breadth of
the standards

5. Districts’ Dilemma
Old Standards CCSS (+15%)
Existing Curriculum New Curriculum
State Summative Next Generation Assessments
AYP New ESEA (CCR) or State Plan

6. From State MAP to CCSS MAP
Smooth
Transition
Stable RIT Score Stable RIT Score
Student Growth Student Growth
Goal Scores and DesCartes Goal Scores and DesCartes
Projected Proficiency Projected Proficiency

7. What is included in
MAP aligned with Common Core?
• The initial versions of the tests align to CCSS that can
be assessed by using multiple-choice items.
• These multiple choice items have been hand aligned
by the NWEA Content Services Team.
• This has resulted in a tight alignment to the
standards at a granular level in each content area.

8. CCSS Alignment (hand-aligned):
One Decision
• Items directly aligned to grade level
standard(s)
– Assures each item measures appropriate
content
– Allows, through gap analysis, the creation
of a deeper, broader pool of items
– Guarantees alignment
• Assessment continues to be adaptive:
measures students where they are performing

9. MAP 2-5 Goals & CCSS Domains
MAP Math 2-5 Goal Names Common Core Domains for K-5
Operations
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Algebraic Thinking
Counting and Cardinality
Number and Operations in Base Ten Number Operations
Base Ten
Number & Operations-Fractions Fractions
Measurement and Data Measurement and Data
Geometry Geometry

10. MAP 6+ Goals & CCSS
Domains/Conceptual Categories
MAP Math 6+ Goal Common Core 6-8 Math Domains and High School
Names Conceptual Categories (HSCC)
6-8 Expressions and Equations
Algebra, Functions,
Expressions & Equations 8 Functions
HSCC Functions, Algebra
6-7 Ratios and Proportional Relationships
The Real & Complex
Number Systems 6-8 The Number System
HSCC Number and Quantity
6-8 &
Geometry Geometry
HSCC
6-8 &
Statistics and Probability Statistics & Probability
HSCC
HSCC
(Distributed Across Goals) Modeling
10

11. Goal Areas to CCSS Strands:
Reading
NWEA Goal Area CCSS ELA Strands
Reading: Reading Strands
Literature
for Literary Text
Reading: Reading Strands
Informational Text
for Informational Text
Foundational Skills and Vocabulary Reading: Foundational Skills
Language: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

12. Goal Areas to CCSS Strands:
Language Usage
NWEA Goal Area CCSS ELA Strands
Writing: Plan, Organize, Develop, Revise,
Writing
Research
Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Language: Conventions of Standard
Usage English, Knowledge of Language
Language: Conventions of Standard
Language: Understand, Edit Mechanics
English

13. MAP Assessment
• Interim assessment to:
– Measure individual student growth
– Reporting categories based on CCSS
– All the purposes we currently use MAP
to accomplish

14. Common Core Aligned Tests:
Fall 2012
• Both Client-Server and Web-Based MAP
• Introduction of new items types on MAP
– Increase depth and breadth of the content
– Deeper assessment of a student’s depth of
knowledge (DOK)
• New MAP for Primary Grades (MPG) Test

15. Introducing New Item Types to
Support Common Core Standards
• Field test started January, 2012
– Common stimulus items
– Graphing calculator items
– Items with interactive elements
• New items will be released to production in
July, 2012
– Items will appear as field test items, and then be
“promoted” to operational items when they are
successfully calibrated with a RIT value

16. Common Stimulus Items
• Share a common item asset with other items
• Chosen adaptively: If selected, a number of
items associated with the common stimulus
item are presented consecutively
• Common Stimulus items available in July, 2012
– Passages as the common asset
– Deeper assessment of reading comprehension

17. Sample Item:
Common Stimulus Item

18. Sample Item:
Common Stimulus Item

19. Graphing Calculator Items
• Assess standards that require graphing
calculator usage
• Used in secondary math (Math 6+ tests)
• TI-84 on Client-Server MAP
• Available on Web-Based MAP July, 2013

20. Sample Item:
Graphing Calculator Item

21. New Items with
Interactive Elements
• Better content coverage
• Deeper assessment of a student’s depth of
knowledge (DOK)
• More engaging test experience
• Interactive elements supported in July, 2012
– Drag and Drop
– Click and Pop
– Hot Spot

22. Sample Item: Hot Spot Item

23. Sample Item: Hot Spot Item

24. MAP for Primary Grades
(MPG) Reading
MPG Reading Goal Names Common Core Domains for K-5
Foundational Skills Foundational Skills
Language
Language and Writing
Writing
Literature
Literature and Informational Text
Informational Text
Vocabulary Use and Functions Language

25. MAP for Primary Grades
(MPG) Mathematics
MPG Math Goal Names Common Core Domains for K-5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Counting and Cardinality
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Measurement and Data Measurement and Data
Geometry
Geometry
Number and Operations - Fractions

26. Supporting Partners’ CCSS
Implementation: Starting This Fall
• Support CCSS plus 15% (Fall 2012)
– Iowa (MAP)
– New York (MAP & MPG)
– Massachusetts (MAP)
– Minnesota (MAP: ELA only)
– Ohio (MAP & MPG)

27. Partners Moving to CCSS:
Smooth Migration
• Migrating to CCSS aligned test will have minimal impact to
your data
• Similar to an update to your non-Common Core state
standards
Functional Area Impact
Growth No impact; comparisons are made at the
Measurement measurement scale level and are not
affected by changes in state standards
Projected No impact; your state's current linking
Proficiency study will continue to be used
Goal Level No impact; automatically aggregate the
Reporting data by goal structure
DesCartes/PGID No impact; DesCartes/PGID will be
available for the currently licensed tests

28. Common Core
Planning and Transition
How can we prepare and plan for the
Common Core transition?

29. Reflect for a moment…
What is your school/district currently
doing to prepare for the transition to
Common Core?

30. Common Core Planning
How do we make informed decisions on how
and when to make the transition?
– Your state resources/timelines
– Other state resources
– CCSSO resources*
– Communities
– PTA website: pta.org
*http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Publications/Common_Core_
State_Standards_Implementation_Tools_and_Resources.html

31. Common Core State Standards
Implementation Map
from Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
http://www.ccsso.org/

32. http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-
implementation-timeline/

33. http://www.sevier.org/FTTT/Common
%20Core%20Educator%20Timeline.pdf

34. Implementation
Tools and Resources
• Resources for State and District Leaders
– CCSSO: Content Alignment Tool
– Partnership for 21st Century Skills: P21 Common Core
Toolkit
– Achieve Common Core Implementation Guide
• Implementation Resources (by States)
– EngageNY.org
– Georgia Professional Development on Common Core
– Hawaii Standards database
– Colorado Standards Implementation Toolkit
– Ohio Model Curriculum
--Resources from CCSSO: Council of Chief State School Officers

35. Implementation
Tools and Resources
Math
– Illustrative Mathematics
Project
– Achieve the Core (Student
Achievement Partners)
– The Mathematics Common
Core Coalition
--Resources from CCSSO: Council of Chief State School Officers

36. Implementation
Tools and Resources
ELA/Literacy
– Publisher’s Criteria
– Literacy Design
Collaborative
--Resources from CCSSO: Council of Chief State School Officers

37. Resource Sharing
What additional resources for CCSS
have you used and would
recommend?
http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/
http://www.mygroupgenius.org/mathematics

38. Other Questions to
Think About…
How do • Are you more
interested in testing
we know exactly what you
when to teach?
• Are you more
transition interested in
knowing how
to CCSS students are testing
in relation to CCSS?
MAP?

39. Reflect for a moment…
What professional development does
your school or district need to support
implementation of the CCSS?

40. Questions?
kristin.moran@nwea.org
971-271-6954
john.wood@nwea.org
443-225-5849

41. Thank You!