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Tag Archives: Common Core State Standards
Work Worth Doing
If you have any reservations about high-stakes assessment and what is coming in 2014-2015, it is worth your time to review this audio recording from a recent Brookings Institute Event: Standardized Assessment and the Common Core. At minute 20:55, College … Continue reading
Posted in College Board
Tagged assessment, Brookings Institute, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman
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“Why the Common Core is Worth Our Positive Attention”
Peter DeWitt, in a piece for EdWeek, makes the case for why the Common Core State Standards will have a positive impact on schools. Weighed against the very real challenges we all have to contend with, DeWitt systematically makes the … Continue reading
Guiding Principles of the Arts
Those who are familiar with the close reading strategy will likely appreciate this document from the New York State Department of Education: Guiding Principles of the Arts. As in close reading, careful observation and attention to what the artist (or … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, NYSED, The Arts
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Core Shift Blast 7: Skills and Strategies
Want to know more about the role of skills and strategies in the Common Core? Torrey Palmer shares her answer and the thoughts of a number of academics in Core Shift Blast 7. You can also read how 3rd grade … Continue reading
Posted in Core Shifts Blast
Tagged CCSS, Chris Hayes, Common Core State Standards, Skills and Strategies, Torrey Palmer
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Educators Train on Updated CTP
Washoe educators participated in a slightly modified version of the Core Task Project. The handouts and materials have been updated including a new video link as well as a new exemplar. You can download all of the content used during … Continue reading
What Teachers Can Learn from the New PARCC and SBAC Sample Assessment Items
2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki shares some insight into the new assessment items released by SBAC and PARCC. She reveals her enthusiasm for the items because she sees them as validation of good instruction. She highlights the … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment Items, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, PARCC, Rebecca Mieliwocki, SBAC
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Questions to Ask Common Core Vendors
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
Common Core Works
The Council of Great City Schools has put together Common Core Works, a website dedicated to helping educators bring Common Core outcomes into the classroom. The CGCS was instrumental in coordinating district efforts during the Basal Alignment Project.
Shanahan on the topic of Instructional Shifts
Dr. Timothy Shanahan describes the Instructional Shifts in the following webinar. Marked are several pieces that you may want to visit including Close Reading. 4:47: “…these standards are so profoundly different big shifts in teaching are necessary.” 7:44: Shannon compares … Continue reading
Administrators Complete First Session of, “Leading the Core: ELA CCSS”
District leaders participated in the first session of, Leading The Core: ELA CCSS. The course is designed for administrators interested in supporting teachers, parents and community partners as they work with the ELA Common Core State Standards. Through a lens … Continue reading
Core Task Project 