Common Core
Opening the Common Core: Bringing ALL Students to College and Career Readiness
Delia Garrity, co-author of the new book, Opening the Common Core: How to Bring ALL Students to College and Career Readiness, looks at the role that district and school leaders should be playing in implementing the CCSS and specifically how these new standards can help all students to graduate college and career ready. Continue
Leading the Common Core State Standards
Cheryl Dunkle, author of the new book, Leading the Common Core State Standards: From Common Sense to Common Practice, joins us to talk about the task of transforming the CCSS into an effective curriculum and assessment system and how to … Continue
Making the Common Core Real In Schools and Classrooms
In this segment, B. J. Stone, a consultant with McREL, who has been working with districts nationwide to help implement the Common Core, describes what districts and teachers are most often surprised and challenged by as they begin their transition … Continue
The Common Core State Standards and Rigor
An overlooked aspect of the new CCSS is that while the standards set rigorous benchmarks, their impact on student learning will depend entirely upon their implementation. We cannot assume that simply adopting the Common Core state standards will provide a … Continue
Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards
Joe Crawford, author of the new book, Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State Standards, discusses what school leaders need to be thinking about in terms of implementing the Common Core State Standards, identifies what he sees as the biggest challenges ahead, and provides a nuts-and-bolts look at the process of aligning local curricula to the new Common Core State Standards. Continue
A Closer Look at the Common Core State Standards
Although standards have been around for nearly 20 years, the Common Core standards are not more of the same; they represent an entirely new generation of standards in many important ways. In our Common Core segment this month, McREL Senior … Continue
The Common Core and Assessment
Throughout the school year, Dr. Pat Forgione, Director of the Center for K-12 Assessment and Performance at ETS, will provide regular updates on the Common Core, keeping our subscribers updated, informed and focused on the dynamic and important standards and assessment … Continue
The Common Core and College and Career Readiness
Increasing the college and career readiness of our high school graduates is one of the goals of the Common Core State Standards. But where do we stand today in terms of student readiness? Scott Montgomery of the ACT provides some thought-provoking answers in this update. Continue