CCSS-K12

An article from the NASSP for leaders who find themselves charged with leading a CCSS transition.

Everything I share for this "Common Sense" roundup is, in my opinion, great stuff. But here's a post that, if you're an ELA teacher or educational leader, you've got to read. Great, great, great stuff here. Honestly. While there may be several reasons to object to common standards, this post dispels some of the least accurate "legends."

More good stuff from the Common Core Ninjas at CoreStand. Their site is worth checking out.

A thoughtful post from a teacher making the CCSS happen. 

This is a weighty, but much needed, read. It's the mathematical standards of practice that truly need to be understood in order to fully make a CCSS transition. If you're a math teacher of any level, you've got to explore them, and this article unpacks them in a valuable way.

An important question. Is it a possibility we need to prepare for?

In part two of our webinar series, we looked at the assessments, released items and more to help teachers understand what the national assessments coming in 2014-15 for mathematics will look like. 

This webinar went really well and was very well received. We tried to provide a helpful approach to learning more about the math standards and the shifts that they call for. Thanks to TenMarks.com for sponsoring!

This could help a lot of teachers. Something worth exploring. 

A great read for anyone in the middle of the implementation process. 

Close reading...such a key component to the CCSS. And something many teachers struggle to understand exactly what it looks like. 

Please follow @davestuartjr on twitter...great stuff from his blog "Teaching the Core"

You can always count on Common Core Watch to give you straight talk on the CCSS. Here they offer up a commentary on the recent release of assessment items by the SBAC...the good, the bad, and the ugly.

It's this kind of thinking that gets me excited about the Common Core. And it's this kind of how-to post that helps me the most!

The Missouri Department of Education has put together a very useful site that compiles information and resources regarding the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Includes newsletters, sample items, and more, all in one place.

If you are in a PARCC state, this article provides some great information about what you can (tentatively) expect from the PARCC CCSS assessments.

Am I the only one who enjoys reading local coverage of the Common Core transition? Maybe so, but I find it fascinating to read the take of local organizations such as the Morris Daily Herald when it comes to the CCSS. There are some interesting anecdotes, and possibly some great ideas, contained within this article. Check it out.

This is a pretty hefty read, but an important one. Regular readers know how concerned we are with issues regarding the achievement gap. If the Common Core widens the gap...that's not good, to say the least.