April/May 2011

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What's New?

The first issue of Focus On... featured the latest information on California's efforts to implement the Common Core State Standards.  Because there are so many excellent new resources available, this edition of Focus On... will provide you with links to the latest updates.

 

Two coalitions, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SMARTER), have received federal grants to develop tests aligned to the CCSS. Both groups are aiming to have tests ready by 2014-15.  California's State Board of Education will make a decision in May as to which assessment to adopt for the state.

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News

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California's New Common Core K-12 Academic Standards

EdSource Forum, March 18, 2011

 

Either It All Works Together Or It Hardly Works At All:

How a Common Core Curriculum Could Make Our Education System Run Like Clockwork

American Educator, Winter 2010-2011

 

The Illusive Common Core
Educated Guess, March 28, 2011

 

ELL Researchers Hope to Launch Effort on 'Common Core'

Education Week, January 2011

 

Getting Ready for Common Standards

Douglas Reeves

American School Board Journal, March 2011

 

How Will the New Common Core State Standards Impact Teachers

California Educator, November 2010

Assessment and Curriculum

 

A Look At Kindergarten through Grade Five in California Public Schools
 - A compilation of subject -matter curriculum, including information about the Common Core State Standards

California Department of Education, 2011

 

Coming Together to Raise Achievement: New Assessments for the Common Core State Standards

 

What's Next? Assessment and Accountability (PowerPoint)

California Department of Education, January 2011

Overviews for Administrators, Teachers & Parents
 
Info

California County Superintendents Educational Services Administration

-          ELA Administrator Snapshots

-          Math Administrator Snapshots

 

Highlights of the Common Core State Standards for English-Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
California Department of Education, November 2010

 

Highlights of the Common Core Standards in Mathematics

California Department of Education, November 2010

 

K-8 California's Common Core Standards Parent Handbook

California County Superintendents Educational Services Administration, 2011

 

Parent Guides to Student Success

National PTA, 2011

-          Guides to the CCSS by grade level in English and Spanish

 

Spotlight on the Common Core State Standards

Education Northwest

-          What Do Parents Need to Know? March 2011

 

-          What Do Teachers Need to Know? October 2010

For the Latest Information

 

Check Mark

Two CCSS resource websites to check frequently are:
 

- Educational Services Branch, Santa Clara COE
- California Department of Education
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