Identifying Academic Language Demands in Support of the Common Core Standards
Stanford and California State University–Sacramento professors
outline a process for identifying the academic language demands in
content-area materials.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Great Article to help teachers prepare students for common core.
Identifying Academic Language Demands in Support of the Common Core Standards
Stanford and California State University–Sacramento professors
outline a process for identifying the academic language demands in
content-area materials.
More
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Updates on Common Core - Great Information!
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WestEd's Silvia DeRuvo and Joe Sassone invite you to hear about how an effective multi-tiered academic RtI framework can help schools close the knowledge gap to meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards.
WestEd's Silvia DeRuvo and Joe Sassone invite you to hear about how an effective multi-tiered academic RtI framework can help schools close the knowledge gap to meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards.
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Kathleen McClaskey of EdTech Associates and Barbara Bray of Rethinking Learning will share how Personalized Learning can support all students to meet the higher expectations and higher cognitive demands of the Common Core State Standards.
Kathleen McClaskey of EdTech Associates and Barbara Bray of Rethinking Learning will share how Personalized Learning can support all students to meet the higher expectations and higher cognitive demands of the Common Core State Standards.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Here are some great sites from Teachers First. Take a look they are excellent!
TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of May 6, 2012
Here are this week's features. Clicking the tags in the description area of each listing will present a list of other resources with this topic. | Click here to return to the Featured Sites Archive
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Will poor implementation kill Common Core State Standards?
Some educators are predicting Common Core State Standards are doomed to failure unless states undertake a massive effort to train teachers on how to change their practices to meet the new standards. "I predict the common-core standards will fail, unless we can do massive professional development for teachers," said Hung-Hsi Wu, a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. "There's no fast track to this." Education Week (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A Great Resource from Schools Moving Up!
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Designing Quality Units Aligned to the ELA Common Core State Standards
Thursday, March 29
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time)
Hear about a process for using sample ELA Common Core standards to map comprehensive units of study and design effective formative assessments.
We encourage you to attend the live webinar to interact with the presenter and other participants about this important topic. Please send advance questions to eventquestion@wested.org .
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Will common standards drive improved student achievement? Courtesy of ASCD Smart Brief
- Here are some thoughts on the question we are all asking:}
- Worth the time to read it.
New
Common Core State Standards are not likely to improve student
achievement, according to a study released Thursday by the Brookings
Institution. The study, which considered the effects of state standards
on student achievement, revealed that even higher standards and higher
cut scores do not necessarily lead to improved performance on
standardized tests. Education Week/Curriculum Matters blog
(2/16) 
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Studies show income-based achievement gap is growing - courtesy of ASCD smart brief
- Yet another factor to consider as we move towards standards for all students.
The achievement gap between low-income students and their more affluent peers has grown by roughly 40% since the 1960s, according to a recent study by researchers at Stanford University. Another study from University of Michigan researchers shows a 50% increase since the late 1980s in the imbalance between rich and poor students completing college. Furthermore, researchers say they expect the gap to widen amid the effects of the economic downturn. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (2/9)
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