College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education

College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education

Susan Pimentel

2013

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College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education

By Susan Pimentel

Prepared by MPR Associates, Inc. Berkeley, CA Washington, DC Prepared for U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education

April 2013

This report was produced under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. ED-CFO-10-A-0117/0001 with MPR Associates, Inc. Ronna Spacone served as the Contracting Officer's Representative. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred.

U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary

Office of Vocational and Adult Education Brenda Dann-Messier Assistant Secretary

Division of Adult Education and Literacy Cheryl Keenan Director

April 2013

This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education. Washington, D.C., 2013.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................ v

1. Introduction................................................................................................................................. 1 Overview of Project ................................................................................................................. 1 Rationale for the Project .......................................................................................................... 2

2. Applicability of the Common Core to Adult Education ............................................................. 5

3. Process of Selecting College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education.................. 7

4. The Results: College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy ................................................................................................................................ 9 Key Shifts in the Standards...................................................................................................... 9 Key Features of the ELA/Literacy Standards Charts............................................................. 10

5. The Results: College and Career Readiness Standards for Mathematics.................................. 44 Key Shifts in the Standards.................................................................................................... 44 Key Features of the Mathematics Standards Charts .............................................................. 45

References...................................................................................................................................... 85

Appendix A. In-Depth Description of the Selection Process ........................................................ 89 Process Framework................................................................................................................ 89 Timeline of Deliberations ...................................................................................................... 91

Appendix B. Connections Between Standards .............................................................................. 95 Deliberate ELA/Literacy Redundancies and Repetition of Similar Content ......................... 95 Deliberate Selection of Mathematics Standards Repeating Similar Content......................... 98

Appendix C. Rationales for the Selection of the Common Core ................................................. 105 Rationales for the Selection of Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects by Domain .............................. 105 Rationales for the Selection of Standards for Mathematics by Conceptual Category ......... 110

Appendix D. Understanding Text Complexity ............................................................................ 117

Appendix E. Preparing Students for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ....... 119

Appendix F. Biographical Summaries ......................................................................................... 125 Project Lead and Author, College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education ................................................................................................................ 125 Mathematics Facilitators...................................................................................................... 126 ELA/Literacy Panel Members ............................................................................................. 127 Mathematics Panel Members............................................................................................... 132

Appendix G. Stakeholders and the Common Core Writers ......................................................... 139

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