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CCSSO Launches Three New Resources to Help States and Educators Implement the Common Core
CCSSO has launched three new resources designed to help states, districts, and educators implement the Common Core State Standards. These resources include:
- CCSSO's iTunes U Common Core Courses, a section of the iTunes Store where CCSSO will provide information, instructional materials, and resources in support of the Common Core State Standards. Student Achievement Partners (SAP) has additionally developed several iTunes U courses intended to help educators develop a strong understanding of the instructional shifts that Common Core implementation will bring. To access CCSSO's content, please click here. To access SAP's content, please click here.
- In Common: Effective Writing for All Students, a resource developed for educators to see what the Common Core State Standards might look like in student hands. This collection of K-12 annotated student writing samples aligned to the CCSS ELA Writing Standards was created and annotated by expert classroom teachers and writing coaches, collected from classrooms across the country, and organized in a variety of easy-to-access ways. In Common was developed for educators in partnership by the Vermont Writing Collaborative, CCSSO, and Student Achievement Partners.
- Navigating Text Complexity, a resource to help educators understand what makes a text complex, how complex texts prepare students for college and career, and how to use tools to select rich, worthy texts for instruction in the classroom. The resource was assembled by educators from CT, HI, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MO, NC, WV & WY, members of CCSSO's ELA State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards.
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Dr. Christopher A. Koch
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Illinois State Department of Education
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InTASC Lumibook
CCSSO, in collaboration with School Improvement Network, has released an innovative online resource to promote collaborative professional learning for teachers around the InTASC standards and learning progressions. InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards: An Interactive Guide to Understanding and Applying the InTASC Standards to Teacher Effectiveness and Student Success is packed with resources, including videos, and incorporates unique social media tools into a highly interactive cloud-based e-reading platform called the LumiBook.
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