Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Grade Level: Middle School (6-8)

Common Core & ELLs: Lesson Plans

Colori­n Colorado has published three English language arts (ELA) units that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and target English language learners’ (ELLs) literacy and language needs. These units for grades 1, 4, and 8 were developed by a group of teachers from Albuquerque, New Mexico, working in collaboration with the Albuquerque Teachers […]

Common Core Curriculum Rubric: Meeting the Needs of ELLs

The purpose of this rubric is to help teachers and school and district administrators assess whether a Common Core-based curriculum meets English language learner (ELL) needs. The rubric was initially developed to help the authors review a state’s ESL curriculum to see if it would help ELLs meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The […]

Long Term Goals-Math Gazette

This tool is used to organize teachers’ analysis of grade-level math CCRS in an instructionally meaningful way. 

Making Connections

The Making Connections template helps teachers to study the standards as learning progressions and to identify connections between the standards.

Selecting Text Tool

This tool is designed to help teachers make appropriate text selections for their classroom. For additional information, see the complementary CSAI resource, Supporting Students in Close Reading.