Common+Core+Resources

=Resources for Math Directors=

February 9, 2012 **http://www.achievethecore.org/**

====//"Student Achievement Partners has launched a major new initiative to help with implementation of the Common Core State Standards in both Mathematics and English Language Arts. Their website, achievethecore.org, already has some good resources, and no doubt will grow." posted by Bill McCallum.//====

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Voices of educators doing the work of the Core
= = =Mathematics Curriculum Framework (Including the Common Core) and Assessment=


 * [|Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)] - Be sure to sign up for the PARCC newsletter!**
 * [|Content Frameworks for Mathematics]**
 * [|Illustrative Mathematics Project]**
 * [|Resources for the classroom teacher]**

__**PARCC's new assessment (replacement MCAS) will be given at the end of the year!**__
EDWEEK Blog The U.S. Department of Education has "conditionally approved" a decision by one of the two consortia developing assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards to [|reduce the number of testing components] in its plan. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, initially envisioned a series of four "through-course" assessments to be given over the course of the year, with the scoring rolled up into a year-end summative score. States, though, raised concerns about this plan costing too much, eating up too much class time, and exerting too much control over curriculum. __**The change makes the first two components optional and will place the remaining assessments at the end of the year. One of them will be computer-based, and the other will consist of essays and performance tasks.**__ In its letter dated Dec. 15, the Education Department said that PARCC will still need to submit evidence used to inform the design of the summative tests and a work plan for finalizing them. As you'll recall, the department is underwriting the development of these tests. __**One other interesting item in this notice: PARCC also indicated it will build two sequences of high school math assessments, one for "course based" math (think Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2) and another for those states that integrate the two subjects throughout students' high school careers.**__ The ED made a note of saying that PARCC states must still ensure all states adopt achievement standards to ensure students are college- and career-ready. It looks like the agency wants to remind states that they can't make one math pathway less rigorous than the other.
 * December 15, 2011**

Tools for the Math Common Core Standards
News about tools that are being developed to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards. http://commoncoretools.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/two-documents-with-recommendations-for-professional-development/
 * Bill McCallum's Blog** has lots of resources and you can s**ubscribe to it to get updates emailed directly to you**.

Progressions for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (draft) The Common Core Standards Writing Team 26 December 2011
 * Statistics and Probability - gr. 6-8**

[|ccss_progression_sp_68_2011_12_261.pdf]

The Teaching Channel[| http://www.teachingchannel.org]
Check out these classroom videos on Teaching Channel. [] [] __ [] __ []
 * CCSS for Math all grades: **
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 * Middle score math video CCSS: **
 * Elementary CCSS: **