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CCSS Instructional Practice Guide Coaching, Released

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

The Instructional Practice Guide: Coaching tool is for teachers, and those who support teachers, to build understanding and experience with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-aligned instruction. Designed as a developmental tool, the coaching tool can be used for collaboration, coaching, … Continue reading →

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Toolkits and Guides for the CCSS

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The current issue of Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS) features the TOOLKIT for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards developed by Student Achievement Partners and the CCSSO. The purpose of the document, … Continue reading →

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CCSS “Aligned” Materials

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Edweek reports on publishers sharing “aligned” resources with educational consumers. Catherine Gewertz describes several of these materials to demonstrate that some of these “alignments” deserve our skepticism. You can read the entire article here. Washoe is using of the Tri-State … Continue reading →

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‘CCSS Tools and Resource Page’

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia has created a CCSS “Tools and Resource” page on their website. Readers of this blog will recognize the resources but SBAC has organized them on one page replete with helpful one-sentence descriptions. You can find … Continue reading →

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Basal Alignment Project at 10,000 Users

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

EdWeek reports on the Basal Alignment Project growing to 10,000 users. As the article notes, the BAP is “an online library of revised replacement lessons from common basal reading series (3rd-5th grades) each carefully aligned to the Common Core State Standards” … Continue reading →

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Questions to Ask Common Core Vendors

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

Tom Vader Ark outlines suggestions for educators looking for resources aligned to the Common Core. He starts by encouraging us to ask, “The new English/language arts (ELA) standards focus on building knowledge through content-rich, cross-curricular nonfiction texts and on text … Continue reading →

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