September 2012

CCSS 2012

The "Bridging" Supplemental Materials 

To help with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, the California Department of Education invited publishers to submit supplemental instructional materials that bridge the gap between programs currently being used by schools and the new standards. 

 

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SCCOE's Learning Resources Display Center   

 

These materials were received during the summer and are on display at the Learning Resources Display Center. Arrange for a group visit or stop by on your own to review these standards-aligned resources.


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Common Core and ELLs: Next Steps for California

Education Week, August 16, 2012

 

Consortia Provide Preview of Common Assessments 

Education Week, August 14, 2012

 

Nine Ways the Common Core Will Change Classroom Practice

Harvard Education Letter, July/August 2012

 

Ready or Not: New Tool To Provide Tech Inventory for Common Core

Digital Directions, Spring/Summer 2012

 

New Snarl in Delivery of Common Core Materials to Classroom

SI&A Cabinet Report, July 2, 2012

 

The Common Core Math Standards

Education Next, Summer 2012

 

USA Today, April 30, 2012 

 

The Common Core Challenge for ELLs

Principal Leadership, February 2012   

Handy Tools

Common Core Implementation Checklist for Principals

National Association of Elementary School Principals

 

California Department of Education

Common Core Teaching Videos
Teaching Channel

EduCore: Tools for Teaching the Common Core
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 

A repository of evidence-based strategies, videos, and supporting documents

 

eStandards
Sacramento County Office of Education  

Search the standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster) and download the new mobile app

 

Governing to the Core [Policy Brief]

California School Boards Association

 

Meet the Promise of Content Standards: Professional Learning Required

Learning Forward (formerly the National Staff Development Council) 

  

New Hardware Purchasing Guidelines

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

  

Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core

Council of the Great City Schools

 

Sample SBAC Test Items: English Language Arts / Mathematics

Association of California School Administrators

(More sample test items can be found on the SBAC website)

 

Text Complexity Tools

Achieve the Core 

Web Portals of CCSS Resources
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Common Core State Standards

Santa Clara County Office of Education

 

Common Core State Standards Initiative 
Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association

 

Common Core State Standards Resources 
California Department of Education

 

Achieving the Common Core 
Achieve, Inc.

 

San Diego Common Core Connection

San Diego County Office of Education  

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