Check out this new document from ETS, also linked on the tools page, that describes the Common Core Math and English standards through tasks.
Month: June 2013
Learning about the standards writing process from NGA news releases
[9 August 2014. Please go here for an updated version of this post.]
There’s a lot of misinformation going around these days about how the Common Core State Standards were written. It occurred to me that a simple way of learning about the process is through the press releases from the National Governors Association during 2009–2010. If you type Common Core into the search box you will find releases detailing the initial agreement of the Governors, the composition of the work teams, feedback groups, and validation committee, the state and public reviews, and various other pieces of information. It’s not a detailed history by any means, but I would encourage readers to check information they receive against this source.
[19 June] I noticed the search feature at NGA isn’t working today, so here are the main releases for 2009–2010:
- 1 June 2009, Forty-Nine States and Territories Join Common Core Standards Initiative
- 1 September 2009, Fifty-One States And Territories Join Common Core State Standards Initiative
- 21 September 2009, Common Core State Standards Available for Comment
- 24 September 2009, Common Core State Standards Initiative Validation Committee Announced
- 10 November 2009, Common Core State Standards K-12 Work and Feedback Groups Announced
- 10 March 2010, Draft K-12 Common Core State Standards Available for Comment
- 2 June 2010, National Governors Association and State Education Chiefs Launch Common State Academic Standards
Summer Professional Development
Thinking about where to focus the Math Common Core PD for your school or district this summer? Check out these two resources:
1. A report from Institute for Mathematics & Education suggesting places that might need some extra PD work.
2. Consider requesting trained teacher facilitators to deliver the Common Core Toolkit, a one-day add on to existing professional development, focused on the Common Core. This is available for K-5th grade teachers, 6th-8th grade teachers, or high school teachers and is a project of an ad-hoc committee of the CBMS.