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Irvine Unified School District K-12 Mathematics Pathways

• Feb. 21, 2017

Lakeside Middle School

http://iusd.org/education_services/math-pathways/

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Mathematically Literate for College & Career Success

The CA Mathematics Standards are not a list of topics to be covered or taught. These Standards are a description of the mathematics students are expected to understand and use, not a curriculum. The standards are not the building blocks of curriculum, they are the achievements we want students to attain as the result of curriculum.

How are the CA Mathematics Standards Different?

They are reverse engineered from an analysis of what students need to be college and career ready. The design principals were focus, coherence, and rigor. Real life applications and mathematical modeling are essential.

Executive Summary: CA Math Framework, p. 2 | CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013

Rigor

Coherence

Executive Summary: CA Math Framework, p. 3

Focus within Course & Across Grade Spans

Pursue with equal intensity: 1. Conceptual Understanding 2. Procedural Skills & Fluency 3. Problem Solving / Modeling & Data Analysis 4. Communicating Reasoning

IUSD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12 | CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress System (CAASPP)

Middle School Math and Placement

• These are especially important years for students to master skills with
• perations on rational numbers and to delve into the thinking required by

proportional reasoning. ○ Proportional reasoning is the concept that links arithmetic and algebra, and that link requires the ability to reason abstractly ○ Students’ abstract reasoning develops at different stages, and appropriate placement supports those developmental needs ○ Placing students in a course for which they are not developmentally ready will keep them from understanding foundational concepts, thus hindering their ability to achieve the highest levels

IUSD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12 | CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013

Course Expectations

• Math 7 and Math 8 are grade level courses with grade level

pacing which require students to develop a greater depth of knowledge (DOK)

• Enhanced Math 7/8 and Enhanced Math 1 hold students to

greater rigor and depth of knowledge than Math 7 and Math 8 AND the pacing is accelerated.

• The two-year Enhanced course sequence combines three years
• f math into two years

Math 7 DOK 3 Example Question

Appropriate Placement

7th grade math placement is based on a student's mastery and understanding of 6th grade standards. A student who is ready for acceleration:

• Has demonstrated mastery of all 6th grade standards at

a high depth of knowledge (see example at right)

• Learns and applies new concepts at a fast pace
• Is proactive in ensuring that he or she understands and

is able to apply new concepts

• Accepts, responds to and learns from mistake-making

and constructive feedback

• Embraces challenges and risks

High School Mathematics

Course Descriptions | IUSD Secondary Math Pathway

Multiple Acceleration Points

Math Placement and Timeline

Appropriate Placement for all Criteria - Multiple Measures Math Placement for Grade 6 Pursue with equal intensity: 1. Conceptual Understanding 2. Procedural Skills & Fluency 3. Problem Solving / Modeling & Data Analysis 4. Communicating Reasoning

CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013 | IUSD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12

IUSD Middle School Placement Criteria

Getting into Elite Universities

The Holistic Review The applicant’s full record of achievement in college preparatory work in high school, including the number and rigor of courses taken and grades earned in those courses

What is Rigor?

• Explain and apply mathematical concepts and

interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency

• Solve a range of complex well-posed problems in

pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies

• Analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can

construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems

• Clearly and precisely construct viable arguments

to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others

SAT: It’s About the Real World

Fluency, Conceptual Understanding, Application

The Math Test will focus in depth on the three areas of math that play the biggest role in a wide range of college majors and careers:

• Problem Solving and Data Analysis

which is about being quantitatively literate

• Heart of Algebra

Which focuses on the mastery of linear equations and systems

• Passport to Advanced Math

Which features questions that require the manipulation of complex equations The Math Test also draws on Additional Topics in Math, including the geometry and trigonometry most relevant to college and career readiness.

CollegeBoard: SAT Math Test

Q & A

IUSD Math Team

Elementary TOSA KimberlyArmstrong@iusd.org Middle School TOSA marthaBarrett@iusd.org Secondary TOSAs MaureenLeong@iusd.org KristieDonavan@iusd.org Math Coordinator, K-12 RhondaCameron@iusd.org IUSD K-12 Mathematics http://iusd.org/education_services/math-pathways/