Common Core version vs State Version

By ccfK12 on September 18, 2012

I work with schools in Illinois and for the first time, our schools transitioned to the web-based version (had been using the server-based version for years) that is aligned to the Common Core (had used the version aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards).

I started getting comments from teachers and administrators suggesting that this new version was suddenly more rigorous "because it's aligned to the Common Core." Can this be the case as it is still an adaptive assessment that remembers the student and his/her progress?

Thank you if you have any feedback.

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By Jennifer Rawlings on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 2:44pm
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I don't know if you have had a chance to read the blog posted recently in SPARK on Transitioning to Common Core by one of our Senior Curriculum Specialists, John Wood? It may be helpful. http://community.nwea.org/node/593 There will be a follow up blog to this one up within a couple of days as well. Hope this offers some help! Jennifer Community Manager
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By jeniweber on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 1:16pm
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I am also experiencing the same thing and came to SPARK to look for insight as to what to tell teachers. This is what I am having trouble getting my head around. I understand that Common Core is a more rigorous set of standards. But I also understand the RIT scale is the RIT scale. Yet it seems kids are getting more difficult questions (especially in Reading) at lower grade levels. If the test is adaptive, shouldn't it adapt to a level less "rigorous" if students are answering questions incorrectly? Basically, it seems that, for instance, RIT 210 reading questions are more difficult on Common Core that our state version, and it should be that a 210 is a 210 irregardless of which standards are being used to measure. Any clarification would be helpful.

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