Common Core Readington

While this site is not the easiest to navigate, it has a wealth of information. Keep an eye out for the PLDs (Performance Level Descriptors) for each grade level (3-8). These will help guide your instruction as you move your students toward PARCC success. Use this link to get to the PLDs: scroll down and click math or language arts to see the grade level links you want. If you want to print the PLDs for a grade level, make sure you've got the paper tray full in your printer--some of them are over 30 pages long.

This is the NJ ASK information booklet that is sent home with students. It is produced by the NJ Department of Education, and it has information about the NJ ASK as well as sample items.

This is the PARCC page where you can click on links that take you to the actual online "live" samples of PARCC questions. You can click on math only questions for grade bands (3-5, 6-8, high school), or ELA only questions.

The NJ DOE Office of Assessment prepared this slide show about the Spring 2014 NJ ASK. This document is a PDF version of their PowerPoint, and its relevant sections will be shared with you at CPT and department meetings.

Try PARCC test questions live online! This is a peek into the future, and it should help us understand how to prepare students for the testing environment they will encounter beginning in the spring of 2015.

Whether it's ELA or Math Common Core resources you seek, this page from the Northern Valley Curriculum Center is a wealth of links.

This is the organization that Dr. Adam Fried belongs to. He gave the PARCC presentation at NJPSA/FEA on January 14, 2014.

PARCC is the organization New Jersey is associated with for State testing, but the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is also a good resource for Common Core standard-related assessment items.

Sarah Brown Wessling is the Teaching Channel's Teacher of the Year spokeswoman, and this page has a handful of links near the bottom that allow you to view great explanatory videos related to the Common Core standards.

Wondering how many points PARCC assigns to each Task Type on the EOY (end of year) assessment? This page will show you.

This page from the Common Core Toolbox website allows teachers to see some prototype questions that PARCC has released.

Achieve the Core is the website for Student Achievement Partners. This is a non-profit group dedicated to helping us all understand and use the Common Core State Standards effectively in our teaching.