COMMON CORE STANDARDS and TRANSITION CoP RESOURCES
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Achieve
Achieve partnered with NGA and CCSSO on the Initiative and a number of Achieve staff and consultants served on the writing and review teams. Resources include a PowerPoint presentation providing an overview of the CCSS, fact sheets about the standards, side-by-side comparisons of the CCSS and the ADP benchmarks, content comparison briefs between the CCSS and well-regarded benchmarks (including the standards for high-performing nations and states), and links to editorials supporting the CCSS.
Center for Applied Technology (CAST)
CASTis an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.
Common Core Standards
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.Available on the website are documents, such as a Mission statement, information about the standards development, Frequently Asked Questions, English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards, and maps showing adoption of standards by states.
Common Core’s Curriculum Maps
These curriculum maps in English Language Arts translate the new Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten through 12th grade into unit maps that teachers can use to plan their year, craft their own more detailed curriculum, and create lesson plans. Writtenby public school teachers for public school teachers,the maps are available free of charge to anyone who would like to use them. The maps are flexible and adaptable, yet they address every standard in the CCSS.
Council for Exceptional Children (Professional Development/Common Core Standards
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides professional development, advocates for individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice. Articles and a Power Point Presentation are available.
Council of Chief State School Officers
CCSSO and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) have released a set of state-led education standards, the Common Core State Standards. The English-language arts and mathematics standards for grades K-12 were developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including content experts, states, teachers, school administrators and parents. The standards establish clear and consistent goals for learning that will prepare America's children for success in college and work.
Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System Consortium (DLM)
The Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System Consortium, which includes IA, KS, MI, MS, MO, NJ, NC, OK, UT, WV, and WI, seeks to create an assessment system to support teachers in improving the learning of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (SCD). Outcomes include developing alternate academic achievement standards aligned with the Common Core State Standards for college and career readiness and developing high-quality, valid, and reliable alternate assessments, using universal design principles and current research based on evidence-centered design and learning maps, that form a coherent system with assessments developed by Race-To-The-Top assessment competition grantees.
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center)
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort, launched more than a year ago by state leaders, including governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia, through their membership in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
National Alternate Assessment Center NAAC is a five-year project funded under the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). NAAC hasfour primary objectives: to bring together and build on high quality, technically sound alternate assessments; to demonstrate high quality design through our selected partner states; to administer all types of alternate assessments; and finally, to provide technical assistances through high quality dissemination practices.
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
Twenty-five states have joined together to create the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC or Partnership). The goal is to create an assessment system and supporting tools that will help states dramatically increase the number of students who graduate high school ready for college and careers and provide students, parents, teachers and policymakers with the tools they need to help students - from grade three through high school - stay on track to graduate prepared. The Partnership will also develop formative tools for grades K-2.
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
The SBAC is a collection of more than 30 states that have been working collaboratively since December 2009 to develop a student assessment system aligned to a common core of academic content standards to apply for a Race-to-the-Top Assessment grant.SBAC will create state-of-the-art adaptive online exams, using “open source” technology. The online system will provide accurate assessment information to teachers and others on the progress of all students, including those with disabilities, English language learners and low- and high-performing students.
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