CCSS/NGSS

This page provides links to multiple tools and resources that support instruction using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the upcoming Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Click HERE for a 1-Pager that shows the connection between the CCSS Math, CCSS English/Language Arts (ELA), and NGSS.

CCSS ELA:

CCSS ELA iBook (or PDF) from NCESD

Achieve The Core Guidance and templates on how to begin implementing the shifts, assembled by the nonprofit Student Achievement Partners.

Publishers Criteria  K-2 and Publishers’ Criteria 3-12Provides criteria for aligned materials to CCSS. The documents intend to guide the work of publishers and curriculum developers, as   well as states and school districts, as they design, evaluate, and select materials or revise existing materials.

EngageNY/ New York  Materials for teachers and teams, videos of classroom application

Kansas Department of Ed Collection of teacher-created work for CCSS in the classroom

Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) Focuses on secondary with an eye to cross-content integration. The LDC work can also inform all ELA teachers as we move to more comprehensive literacy teaching.

National Council of Teachers of English is convening multiple experts and partners to provide teachers with comprehensive supports for English Language Arts and professional collaborative learning. Stay tuned – more coming this fall!

Understanding Language (Stanford U.) provides multiple tools and recommendations for teaching CCSS ELA standards to English Language Learners.

CCSS Math:

CCSS Math iBook (or PDF) from NCESD

Inside Mathematics Video excerpts of mathematics lessons correlated with the practice standards, resources on content standards alignment, and videos of exemplary lessons in both elementary and secondary settings.

Illustrative Mathematics Guidance to states, assessment consortia, testing companies, and curriculum developers by illustrating the range and types of mathematical work that students experience in a faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

Progressions Documents for the Common Core Math Standards Narrative documents describing the progression of a topic across a number of grade levels.

Publishers Criteria Provides criteria for aligned materials to CCSS. Based on the two major evidence-based design principles of the CCSSM, focus and coherence, the document intends to guide the work of publishers and curriculum developers, as well as states and school districts, as they design, evaluate, and select materials or revise existing materials.

Achieve The Core Guidance and templates on how to begin implementing the shifts, assembled by the nonprofit Student Achievement Partners.

NGSS:

Next Generation Science Standards site: provides timeline and overview of NGSS process. This is your one stop shopping center for NGSS stuff.

National Science Teachers Association NGSS Page: links to resources on NGSS and information on upcoming webinars fall 2012.