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Tag Archives: Common Core State Standards
What are Districts doing to Implement the CCSS?
In August, WestEd cosponsored a conference on the Common Core State Standards. You can access video of presentations by Linda Darling-Hammond, David Liben, Bill Honig, and Kenji Kakuta here. A report, following the conference, was just released that describes what … Continue reading
Draft of the Close Reading Exemplar “Farewell Speech” Now Available
Third and fourth grade teachers in the Core Task implementation Project (CTiP) worked on a grade 4 close reading exemplar matched to Lou Gehrig’s “Farwell Speech.” Cathy Schmidt (Scoop.it! page here) edited the piece and you can find a draft … Continue reading
Session 5 of Leading the Core
Administrators gathered for the 5th session of Leading the Core. The night focused on assessment and participants reviewed the timelines for PARCC and SBAC, watched video of Michael Cohen and Joe Willhoft, worked through SBAC assessment items and performance tasks, … Continue reading
Practice the SBAC Assessment
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has posted a practice test for the Common Core State Standards. By clicking here, you can login using the default username and password, and experience the new assessment as a student would. There are assessments … Continue reading
Contra Costa Trains on the CTP
The Contra Costa County Office of Education sponsored a training on the Core Task Project to assist with refining and aligning instruction to the Core. Close to 100 educators, from the region, gathered to move through the first day of … Continue reading
Shanahan on CCSS Policy (Webinar)
Text Project has posted a free webinar on the Common Core with CCSS Work Team member Dr. Timothy Shanahan (here). Shanahan moves viewers through some familiar stuff including the genesis of CCSS and the “Big Changes to ELA.” The changes … Continue reading
Scholastic and the Instructional Shifts
Scholastic is plunging into the “instructional shifts” and has posted an overview of what they are and the “baby steps” educators can take to implement them in their classroom. Yes, readers are guided to items to buy from Scholastic but … Continue reading
Appendix B Text Exemplar Links
Appendix B of the Common Core includes a list of Exemplar Texts. As the Appendix notes, the exemplars serve as “guideposts” for each grade band and are not a reading list. Canyons School District has taken the lists and linked … Continue reading
Achieve The Core Newsletter
Student Achievement Partners has started a newsletter to keep educators informed about CCSS implementation. You can view the most recent newsletter here which includes articles about the Common Core, updates on the Basal Alignment Project, and an interview with CCSSM … Continue reading
CCSS en Español
The Common Core State Standards have been translated into Spanish. The effort to translate the CCSS was led by the Sand Diego County Office of Education with support from the Council of the Chief State School Officers. As reported by … Continue reading
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