B. MARYLAND and COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
WEB ADDRESSES for MARYLAND and COMMON CORE STATE STANDARD DOCUMENTS
State standards for core academic content areas, school performance, and other information are available from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE); see http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE. The following pages from the extensive MSDE website may be useful to project planners:
School Improvement in Maryland
http://www.mdk12.org/index.html
Common Core Curriculum Standards in Math and Language Arts
http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/index.html
Professional Development Standards http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/Instruction/prof_standards.htm
Maryland Professional Development Planning Guide
http://prodev.marylandpublicschools.org/index.asp
Instructional Leadership
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/leadership
Teacher Certification
http://certification.msde.state.md.us/
Professional Development School Standards
http://www.msde.maryland.gov/MSDE/divisions/instruction/prof_standards.htm
Teacher Technology Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/technology/techstds/teacher_standards.htm
MD Common Core State Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/ccss/
High School Assessments and Core Learning Goals (available by subject area)
http://www.mdk12.org/searchresults.html?cx=001108966000364327580%3Ajgm4dtsfxhi&cof=FORID%3A11&q=core+learning+goals#915
Data and Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
http://www.mdk12.org/data/index.html
Assessment and Adequate Yearly Progress
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/testing/msa/
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
http://www.parcconline.org/
Common Core State Standards Initiative
http://www.corestandards.org/
MD Common Core State Standards
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/ccss/