Monday, January 19, 2015

CCRS Question for Assessment

As I continue to dive in and really learn the CCRS standards a discussion topic came up that I wish everyone to chime in on. One of the major differences between the CCRS and the CCS is that the CCRS is a more limited scope of the CCS. I am finding that the committee that designed the CCRS have sometimes bundled a number of CCS into one umbrella standard that is now simply referenced by a single CCRS. As an example, take a look at this standard from Level D Math. Fractions D5 Standard Link (you may have to zoom in as the text has to be small on this card)

As you look over this standard, note how there are actually 7 CCS standards all in this one CCRS standard.

My question to you centers around how you might want to assess standards like this?


I see two camps,

Camp A takes on the rational that if my students meet a majority of the items listed in a CCRS then they get credit for it.






Camp B notes that each of those sub skills are important and a student would need to meet all of them before getting the credit for that CCRS.




Which camp are you in and why? (Please note we are being metaphorical with the tents and we are not soliciting your choice of tents. Rather, we would love to hear your view on how we best assess CCRS that are composites of multiple CCS)