Danielson for students? The PARCC Performance Level Descriptors are rubrics related to the CCSS and PARCC "claims." This might give you a great sense of how your instruction is meeting the goals of CCSS.
How do you know if your students are meeting the standards? The Evidence Statements from PARCC will help you determine whether or not your students are making progress toward the PARCC assessments.
This document from Achieve the Core (www.achievethecore.org) will help you focus your instruction in math. It lists the standards in a hierarchy for each grade. Worth a look if you find you are short on time.
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.
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.
