tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54404255689698037412024-03-17T20:02:53.177-07:00CMC BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-84156589370224059382012-03-05T13:07:00.001-08:002012-03-05T13:07:14.766-08:00Opportunity to provide feedback: SBAC Item Specifications Released for Third Round of ReviewThe SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) announced one last opportuity for the public (including teachers and administrators) to review and provide feedback on the SBAC item writing specifications and guidlines. These are documents that SBAC will use to develop test items for the assessment. The review window closes March 16. This gives individuals in our state an excellent Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-82006888549308463822012-02-07T21:25:00.002-08:002012-02-27T16:22:53.161-08:00SMARTER Balanced Item Specifications review and feedback opportunity
To: Local Education Agencies staff and teachersSubject: SMARTER Balanced Item Specifications review and feedback opportunitySent on behalf of Measured ProgressLocal Education Agencies (LEAs) staff, teachers, and content organizations are invited to review the drafts of the SBAC item specifications and guidelines. The feedback will be captured via a survey hosted by SurveyMonkey.A significant Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-88850164670568375852011-08-30T19:44:00.001-07:002011-08-30T19:44:58.894-07:00SMARTER Balanced Releases Draft Math Content SpecificationsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Chris Barron (360) 725-6032chris.barron@k12.wa.usUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-57394494969811188442011-08-09T10:48:00.001-07:002011-08-09T10:48:14.492-07:00RFP for secondary schools re: Algebra & Formative Assessment ProcessesThe California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) has posted an RFP and is accepting applications for planning grants to support secondary schools in closing achievement gaps and improving students' algebra preparedness and performance. CAPP is interested in supporting the work of teachers and principals who are committed to addressing issues of equity and improving student achievement in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-46048491419621223722011-02-14T21:35:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:37:23.571-08:00Lyle Fisher Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-35085754848505803702011-01-10T20:50:00.001-08:002011-01-10T20:50:52.386-08:00Bill Honig Withdraws Name as State Board of Education AppointeeBill Honig Withdraws Name as State Board of Education Appointee January 10, 2011Former state schools chief Louis "Bill" Honig, has withdrawn his nomination to the state Board of Education, Gov. Jerry Brown's office announced today. Honig, one of seven appointed to the board announced by Brown last week, resigned as state Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1993 after he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-42920967812368308582011-01-07T10:00:00.001-08:002011-01-07T10:00:31.216-08:003 Opportunities for Mathematics and ScienceFrom the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Please share with those you believe might be interested. These opportunities are not restricted to MSP (Mathematics and Science Partnership) participants. Others are eligible to apply. The following opportunities may be of interest. NASA Summer of Innovation: Consider applying for the 2011 Summer of Innovation (SoI), an intensive STEM teaching andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-27610061431912540902011-01-05T22:42:00.001-08:002011-01-05T22:42:07.573-08:00Gov. Brown's Appointments to the California State Board of EducationEarlier today, Governor Brown announced the following seven appointments to the California State Board of Education (SBE): Carl Anthony Cohn (Palm Springs), Bill Honig (Marin), Michael Kirst (Stanford), Aida Molina (Bakersfield), James Ramos (San Bernardino), Patricia Ann Rucker (Elk Grove), and Trish Boyd Williams (San Jose). A SBE source provided the following information (unconfirmed) about Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-4511328124040915512010-10-21T07:54:00.000-07:002010-10-21T07:55:16.043-07:00News from Algebra Forum IIIThe 3rd statewide Algebra Forum concluded last night to much praise and optimism. Over 100 math educators gathered for the past 2 1/2 days at the Santa Clara County Office of Education to hear presentations by William McCallum on the Common Core Standards, Margaret Smith on high cognitive demand tasks, Lena Licon Khisty on increasing the instructional effectiveness with Latinas/os and many othersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-70076889115555636082010-10-18T19:53:00.001-07:002010-10-18T19:53:35.279-07:00Common Core State Standards for Mathematics--Implementation Support from NCTMSource: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)URL: http://www.nctm.org/news/highlights.aspx?id=26084&blogid=6806The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has posted a PowerPoint file on its Web site "to inform teachers and to support them in implementation of the Common Core State Standards [(CCSS)]. Other presentations for grade bands are under development and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-56630649705486084232010-09-14T20:53:00.001-07:002010-09-14T20:53:23.766-07:00Free Forum: Grading the Teachers: Measures, Media & PoliciesSubmitted by Carol Fry BohlinDear Colleagues -- The following free forum will be streamed live on the Internet. The event Web site (http://gse.berkeley.edu/admin/events/gradingtheteachers.html) contains a number of links that may be of interest/use.Carol..................Grading the Teachers: Measures, Media & PoliciesA Free Public ForumSeptember 27, 1:30-4:30UC BerkeleyBanatao Auditorium 310Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-37178752723346007792010-09-09T18:14:00.001-07:002010-09-09T18:14:14.199-07:00Mt. Lassen Math Council Conference2010 Fall Mt. Lassen Mathematics Council Conference Saturday October 16, 2010 Registration: 8:00 a.m. Conference activities: 8:45 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Key Note Speaker: William G. McCallum Dr. McCallum is a University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Arizona. Among many achievements, in 2006 he founded the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-75043660021704289822010-08-02T18:43:00.001-07:002010-08-02T18:43:08.551-07:00Common Core State Standards: Education Policy RoundtableCommon Core State Standards: Education Policy RoundtableJuly 20, 2010, SacramentoCMC Representatives: Diana Herrington, Kathy WoodsThis meeting was hosted by J. O'Connell, CDE and the Council of State Governments (CSG). The meeting was financed by the Gates Foundation.Background: The CSG supports the work of state governors. They are not a political entity. This Roundtable has been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-49503685129263363402010-08-02T12:29:00.000-07:002010-08-02T12:30:25.100-07:00YESThe State Board of Education has unanimously approved the ELA and mathematics CCSS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-58140220601699642662010-08-01T22:55:00.001-07:002010-08-01T22:55:13.031-07:00CMC makes the Sacramento Bee blogRead the entry by Pia Lopezhttp://blogs.sacbee.com/the_swarm/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-16031893553652977902010-07-25T17:40:00.000-07:002010-07-25T17:41:02.075-07:00CMC Statement on the actions of the ACSC<!--StartFragment--> July 24, 2010On July 15, the California Academic Content Standards Commission (ACSC) approved the recommendation for adoption of an augmented version of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for mathematics to the State Board of Education (SBE). The California Mathematics Council (CMC), a statewide organization of classroom teachers, mathematics educators, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-92137861546087163912010-07-22T16:10:00.001-07:002010-07-22T19:15:37.972-07:00Recommended ELA and Math Standards availableThe English-Language Arts and Mathematics Standards recommended by the Academic Content Standards Commission are available for viewing. These standards go before the State Board of Education on August 2.
http://www.cmc-math.org/news/commoncore.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-46400275167451709612010-07-16T22:12:00.001-07:002010-07-16T22:12:34.917-07:00Two articles in Ed Week on California's CCSS adoptionThe Education Week blog posted two entries today on the ACSC decision last night.http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/07/calif_commission_says_yesno_to.htmlhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2010/07/more_details_emerge_on_calif_a.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-68529804180394882442010-07-16T11:49:00.001-07:002010-07-16T11:49:17.853-07:00Secretary of Education Issues Statement on Academic Content Standards CommissionPRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Friday, July 16, 2010 Contact: Aaron McLear Andrea McCarthy916-445-4571 Secretary of Education Issues Statement on Academic Content Standards CommissionCommission Recommends that State Board of Education Adopt Enhanced Common Core Standards Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss today issued the following statement applauding the work of the Academic Content Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-47952946303742284412010-07-16T11:44:00.000-07:002010-07-16T11:45:03.195-07:00Videos from last night's ACSC decisions postedVideos of the final hours of the ACSC deliberations including the final votes on the K-7 and HS math standards have been posted on the CMC website at http://www.cmc-math.org/news/commoncore.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-85278471719445544032010-07-16T09:18:00.001-07:002010-07-16T09:18:35.924-07:00Final ACSC descisionHere is an excellent report on the ACSC final decision yesterday by John Fensterwald.http://educatedguess.org/2010/07/16/common-core-with-8th-grade-algebra-endorsed/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-54176923359607860992010-07-15T23:07:00.001-07:002010-07-15T23:07:40.818-07:00Approved!New standards are approved and it looks like they will be approved by the SBE on August 2Thanks to everyone who contributed to getting this work complete. Now onto the Framework. Our work is never done!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-35367747642243699452010-07-15T21:30:00.001-07:002010-07-15T21:30:54.186-07:00ACSC proceedings July 15<!--StartFragment-->Submitted by Gretchen Muller8:15 AM ELA passed.20 minute break to review math documents before any further discussion.8:45 AMBruce Grip – Doesn't want to loose the ability to have integrated courses in the high school.Scott Farrand and Heather Calahan presented a revised version of their plan.These are the Algebra 1 standards whether they are in 8th grade or not. This is what Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-10650366534515314002010-07-15T08:23:00.001-07:002010-07-15T08:23:51.883-07:00ELA UpdateThe ELA Common Core Standards have just been passed by the ACSC.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440425568969803741.post-18721103239328299412010-07-14T23:05:00.000-07:002010-07-14T23:06:27.155-07:00Blog entry from Educated Guess> Educated Guess> www.educatedguess.org> > Quest for compromise on common core> In a letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger that it disseminated in the days leading to a critical vote, an influential group of K-12 and university educators, researchers and policymakers has urged the adoption of the Common Core standards in English language arts and math.> > "We believe that the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1