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Learning Progressions Frameworks Designed for Use with the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy K-12

This document presents a learning progression of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English language arts and literacy. Included is a working definition of learning progressions and a description of the conceptual framework that has guided the work on this project, which attempts to describe research-based pathways for learning that can guide lesson planning […]

Guide to Evaluating Assessments Using the CCSSO Criteria for High Quality Assessments: Focus on Test Content

Because the results from state assessments are often used for high stakes purposes, it is important that the assessments themselves are of high quality. In this publication, the authors propose a methodology for evaluating state assessments for summative purposes. They describe their methodology and offer a number of tools that states may use in their assessment evaluations. The author’s proposed methods […]

Quality Performance Assessment Framework

The Quality Performance Assessment (QPA) framework was developed to help teachers and school leaders create a system of local assessments that works for their classroom contexts. The organization defines QPAs as “multi-step assignments with clear criteria, expectations, and processes that measure how well a student transfers knowledge and applies complex skills to create or refine […]

Explaining Common Core to Californians: A Communications Toolkit

From the introduction, “This toolkit, sponsored by the Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation, is intended to support communicators in framing the issues that surround Common Core implementation. It includes sample communications, as well as annotations that unpack the framing strategy being illustrated, so that the recommendations can be extended to new communications.”

Instructional Materials and Implementation of Next Generation Science Standards: Demand, Supply, and Strategic Opportunities

This report, produced by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, provides an overview of instructional materials available to support implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). For NGSS to be implemented in a sustainable manner, there need to be high-quality instructional materials made available to state and district leaders, as well as to teachers. This […]