ELA Gazette
The CCRS Gazette template is used to guide teachers’ analysis of the standards as a collection of grade-level expectations.
Closing the Gap: Professional Development Toolkit-Turning Data Into Action
This 140+ page toolkit provides school districts and schools with a detailed plan for developing and implementing a data use program. Resources include direct instruction components, checks for understanding, application worksheets, facilitators guides and checklists, and self-directed learners guides and checklists. The toolkit also includes numerous links to other resources, many of which are central to the toolkit. The overall […]
College-and-Career-Ready Standards: Benchmarking Implementation
This resource provides states and districts with tools for checking and responding to levels of CCRS implementation and implementation-support occurring at schools and districts. These tools include: School-Level Indicators of Implementation Model School-Level Indicators of Implementation Survey Local Education Agency (LEA) Feedback Survey Survey Guidance
Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Primer on “Close Reading of Text”
The purpose of this primer is to assist teachers in understanding close reading and employing it in the classroom, which is an instructional emphasis of the Common Core. The primer addresses the following key questions: What is close reading of text, and what are its essential attributes? How, and for what purposes, should teachers employ […]
The Common Core Initiative, Education Outcomes and American Indian/Alaska Native Students: Observations and Recommendations
This monograph explores the ways in which large-scale school reform efforts play out in American Indian/Alaska Native communities and schools, starting from a historical and cultural perspective, and focusing on the translation of research into concrete steps leading to American Indian/Alaska Native student academic success and personal well-being.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program Quality Assessment
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program Quality Assessment (STEM PQA) is an evaluation tool that examines the quality of instruction and other setting characteristics during STEM offerings. The STEM PQA is a standardized, observation-based measure that provides a score (1, 3, or 5) based on the degree to which a practice/characteristic was present for […]