GENERAL OVERVIEW MATERIALS

• Common Core Standards: Overview Power Point Presentation
  • This Power Point presentation is an overview of the development and benefits of common core standards and of the development, component parts and adoption of the California common core standards.
• California’s Common Core Standards Parent Handbook
  • This handbook gives parents an introduction to California’s Common Core Standards and a summary of what students are expected to learn as they advance from kindergarten through grade 8.  The standards are designed to reflect the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.   A common set of learning goals helps teachers and parents ensure students are challenged and making appropriate progress.
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the California Common Core Standards
• Myths v. Facts About the Common Core Standards
• Grade Level Curriculum Webinar Series
  • This webinar series will highlight the curriculum across the featured grade level (K-6) with special focus on the recently adopted Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

MATH MATERIALS

• California’s Common Core Content Standards for Mathematics
• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Appendix A
• Highlights of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics
  • Review of the grouping and organization of the CCS for Mathematics
• Mathematics Administrator Snapshot
  • Overview for administrators regarding the two types of mathematical standards including information on which standards are new and which standards have been moved or are no longer included.

ELA MATERIALS

• California’s Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
• Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects: Appendix A - Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards & Glossary of Key Terms
  • This appendix contains a model for measuring text complexity including examples of qualitative and quantitative text complexity to determine if a particular text is appropriate for a particular student. The three different types of writing are defined and language progressive skills by age level are discussed.
• Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects: Appendix B – Test Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
  • This appendix provides text samples on the level of complexity and quality required by the Standards, accompanied by sample performance tasks that further clarify the meaning of the Standards.
• Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts& Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects: Appendix C – Samples of Student Writing
  • This appendix contains writing samples and annotations that include criteria for assessing the standards for each particular type of writing particular types of writing—argument, informative/explanatory text, and narrative—in a given grade.
• Highlights of the Common Core Standards for English-Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
  • Review of the grouping and organization of the CCS for English-Language Arts
• Analysis of California ELA standards to Common Core Standards (ELA Crosswalk)
  • This document compares the current ELA standards to the Common Core Standards and their alignment K-12.
• English Language Arts Administrator Snapshot
  • Overview for administrators regarding organization of the writing applications, areas of reading/writing emphasis, exemplars of what has changed and those standards no longer included at each grade level.

CONSORTIA IMPLEMENTATON MILESTONES (TIMELINE)

ADDITIONAL WEBSITES & INFORMATION

• http://www.corestandards.org/
• http://www.edsource.org/iss_sta_commoncore.html
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/