Program

Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS)

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort to establish a common set of clear educational standards for English-language arts and mathematics that states can share and voluntarily adopt. The standards have been informed by the highest state, national and international standards. A diverse group of teachers, experts, parents, and school administrators designed the standards to prepare students graduating from high school for college or the workforce.

Through the Common Core State Standards work, the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors’ Association want to make sure that every child across the country learns the skills and knowledge they need to succeed so that they can compete with not only their peers at home but also with students from around the world. High standards that are consistent across states provide teachers, parents, and students with a set of clear expectations and help ensure that students obtain the requisite skills and knowledge needed for success.

The Common Core State Standards are a fundamental first step toward ensuring that children receive the best possible education no matter where they live across the country.

CCSSO convenes a collaborative of interested states to work within state teams, across states, and with national experts to discuss and share concrete resources and strategies to meet the challenges and leverage the opportunities presented by Implementing the Common Core State Standards (ICCS).

The ICCS collaborative meets three times annually, with frequent interaction between meetings. 

2012-13 ICCS Program
 The 2012-2013 ICCS program runs from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013, and offers state Common Core implementation teams access to coaching and mentorship from former state leaders, access to an online network to share resources with all states, attendance at an annual summit as a cross-agency team, attendance at a series of focused topical meetings, and input into CCSSO's ongoing webinar series and tool development to support Common Core implementation. 

The members for the current program year are: American Samoa, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, the Department of Defense Education Activity (a U.S. civilian agency that oversees schools that serve the children of U.S. service men and women around the world), Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.

2012-13 Partners:

Measured Progress
Renaissance Learning

Related Resources

• ProgramThe Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI)
• VideoCommon Core Implementation Video Series
• PublicationCommon Core State Standards: Implementation Tools and Resources
• WebinarMathematics Common Core Standards and the Concept of Focus
• Scott Norton to Lead CCSSO Standards, Assessment and Accountability Work
• WebinarCCSSO Webinar: One Percent Assessment Consortia and the Common Core
• WebinarStudent Achievement Partners' Release of Common Core PD Modules
• PublicationCommon Core State Standards: State Spotlights
• WebinarCommon Core Webinar Series
• PublicationFramework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards corresponding to the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards