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Supporting Language Learners to Meet the Demands of the CCSS ELA

The “Supporting Language Learners with Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts” module has four objectives: (1) situate the support of language learners within Wisconsin’s education initiatives; (2) review the different types of language learners; (3) gain familiarity with research on instructional needs of language learners; and (4) integrate research on language learners with […]

WIDA Consortium Website on English Language Development (ELD) Standards

This website is a resource for the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium’s English Language Development (ELD) Standards. The WIDA ELD Standards are designed as a curriculum and instruction planning tool to assist educators in determining English language learner (ELL) students’ ELD levels and in challenging students to achieve higher levels. The WIDA ELD […]

Strategically Enhancing ELL Access to the Language Demands of College and Career-Ready Standards (Part 2)

This PowerPoint presentation discusses ways of strategically enhancing English Language Learners’ (ELLs) access to the language demands of college- and career-ready standards. The presentation provides a rationale for improved teacher professional development on the language of standards and presents resources that could be utilized by teachers to improve ELL access to the language demands of […]

Teacher Professional Development Rationales and Resources on How to Meet the Language Demands of New College- and Career-Ready Standards

Newly-adopted college- and career-ready standards and accountability requirements will oblige teachers to increase emphases on deeper learning activities. As the cognitive levels of academic activities increase in complexity and abstraction, the sophistication of the language that students will need in order to receive, to interact with, and to use to produce content-specific knowledge, skills, and […]

Standards Implementation Framework

The Standards Implementation Framework is a guidance document for States and Districts in planning for, evaluating, and validating their standards implementation. It provides a general model to implementing new or revised content standards and represents a compilation of best practices, supported by research and lessons learned in the field.

Building Blocks, Learning Goals, and Success Criteria: Planning Instruction and Formative Assessment for K-12 English Language Arts and Literacy Standards

This resource assists teachers in moving from a Yearlong Plan to establishing Learning Goals and Success Criteria for daily lesson plans and formative assessment. This resource is applicable to all states’ CCRS, including the CCSS. It is part of a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) to assist educators as they […]