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Tag Archives: CCSS
CCSS “Aligned” Materials
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
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged aligned, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, EQuIP, Gewertz, Rubric
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Conservatives for Common Core
Conservatives for Higher Standards has created a website detailing their support the Common Core State Standards. The website explains why groups, traditionally skeptical of large educational initiatives, favor the CCSS effort. You can access the website here which includes sections … Continue reading
Scoring Guides for SBAC Practice Tests
In May we linked to the SBAC Practice Test (here). SBAC has subsequently released scoring guides for each grade level test that you can find here. The scoring guides are available for ELA and math and include sample responses to … Continue reading
Posted in SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Practice Tests, SBAC, Scoring Guides
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The Limitations of Using Readability Scores
Relying on the quantitative features of text complexity can be limiting and misleading. This is nicely demonstrated in a video posted by Montgomery County Public Schools (here) in which viewers learn how changing two words in a passage lowers the … Continue reading
Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core
Washoe educators moved through a third offering of the inservice course, Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core. The 15-hour class touches on a number of important features of the CCSS that enable practitioners to match classroom practice to the standards, … Continue reading
Preparing Our Students to be Informed Citizens
Robert Pondiscio, in an editorial for CNN, describes the importance of teaching civics and history in our public schools. Although the Common Core are not referenced specifically, Pondiscio helps build the case for why all of our students should have … Continue reading
Posted in Content Knowledge
Tagged CCSS, Citizen, Citizenship, CNN, Pondiscio, shift 1
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Materials Shared at WestEd’s Moving Forward
Below are the materials shared at Moving Forward: Common Core State Standards Implementation and Assessment. Leading the Common Core PowerPoint Leading the Common Core Notetaker Towards Effective Teacher PDF
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged Administration, California, CCSS, Common Core, Moving Forward, WestEd
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Billings Public Schools Train with CTP
Elementary and secondary school educators in Billings, Montana worked through elements of the ‘Core Task Project’ and ‘Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core.’ You can find all of the resources shared over the two days below. Note: some of … Continue reading
Sunday Tweets and Reads
In a piece for ASCD, principal Matt Renwick describes how he moved his staff through “collaborative inquiry” around close reading. Collectively, educators used a complex text on teacher evaluations to learn to analyze, annotate, and reflect. Kim Yaris and Jan … Continue reading
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Tagged ASCD, CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, Jago, Matt Renwick, Professional Development, Tweets
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‘CCSS Tools and Resource Page’
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
Core Task Project 