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Focus Group Protocol for InTASC Teaching Standards (Word Version)

CCSSO seeks public comment in order to refine and finalize the Model Core Teaching standards. The public comment period ends October 15, 2010. To solicit comments from a broad range of stakeholders, CCSSO posted a publicly-available survey at www.ccsso.org/intasc. Additionally, CCSSO has invited education organizations to host focus groups. The focus groups will be held both in-person and virtually and each will result in written commentary submitted electronically to CCSSO through an online Focus Group Reporting Form.

This document is intended to provide a protocol for designing and conducting a focus group and for submitting written feedback to CCSSO. It includes focus group objectives; selection of participants, moderator, and note-taker; sample invitation to participate and pre-focus group assignments; format; moderator guide and note-taking template; and transmission information.

Focus Group Protocol Core Teaching Standards (Word Version)

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