Great Lakes West Comprehensive Center

Common Core State Standards: Updates and Resources

The Frame

This section is focused on providing state education agencies with ideas, tools, and best practices relating to implementation. State-specific resources and resources for rethinking the role of the state education agency in curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessment are included.

Planning for Implementation

The following tools can help state and local education agencies begin planning for high-quality implementation of the Common Core State Standards:

Blueprint for Implementation Workbook: Localizing the Common Core State Standards
Localizing the Common Core: Outlines a process and next steps for implementation.
On the Road to Implementation (Achieve, Inc.): Identifies the key areas that state policymakers will need to consider to implement the Common Core State Standards.
ACCESSing Education Blog: Describes a webinar on incorporating the Common Core State Standards into the Illinois Learning Standards.
Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Now What? Imperatives and Options for Common Core Implementation and Governance. This publication outlines the implications for implementation and suggests some thoughts on moving forward.
ACT: A First Look at the Common Core and College and Career Readiness. This publication shares a first look at an analysis of 2010 ACT data that begins to show current high school students' knowledge levels around the Common Core State Standards.

Great Lakes West State Web Pages on the Common Core State Standards

Illinois

Illinois has adopted the standards and is now sharing information regarding adoption and future implementation at New Illinois Learning Standards Incorporating the Common Core.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is working with the cooperative educational service agency (CESA) system to implement the standards. More information and resources on Wisconsin implementation are available at Wisconsin Adopts Common Core State Standards.
Common Core State Standards Foundations Kit: Provides background information for superintendents and other school leaders and serves as a communication tool for use with educators and other stakeholders.

Curriculum

Common Core, Inc. (2010). The Common Core Curriculum Mapping Project. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved December 16, 2010, from http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php

Daggett, W. (1991). Rigor/relevance framework. New York: International Center for Leadership in Education. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.leadered.com/pdf/R&Rframework.pdf

Indiana Department of Education. (2009). Tools for designing curriculum through mapping and aligning. Indianapolis, IN: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.doe.in.gov/TitleI/pdf/improvement_Tools_for_Curriculum_Mapping.pdf

Ohio Department of Education. (2007). Standards-curriculum-assessment alignment tool. Columbus, OH: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=24199

Instruction

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (n.d.). Inside teaching: A living archive of practice [Website]. San Francisco, CA: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/insideteaching/

Georgia Department of Education. (2008). Instructional frameworks. Atlanta, GA: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.gasdc.org/images/Instructional_Framework_Compiled.doc

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. (n.d.). PreK–12 standards: Keys to learning. Denver, CO: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.mcrel.org/keystolearning/Default.aspx

Pellegrino, J. W. (2006). Rethinking and redesigning curriculum, instruction and assessment: What contemporary research and theory suggests. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy. Retrieved December 16, 2010, from http://www.skillscommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Rethinking-and-Redesigning.pdf

Assessment

Achieve, Inc. (2010). On the road to implementation. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.achieve.org/files/CCSS&Assessments.pdf

Darling-Hammond, L. (n.d.). Performance counts: Assessment systems that support high-quality learning. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers. Retrieved December 13, 2010, http://flareassessment.org/resources/Paper_Assessment_DarlingHammond.pdf

Florida Department of Education. (2010). Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). Tallahassee, FL: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.fldoe.org/parcc/

Ohio Department of Education. (2010). Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot. Columbus, OH: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=9&Content=88582

State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (2010). SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium. Olympia, WA: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/

Professional Development

Carmichael, D., King, B., & Newmann, F. (2010). AIW Iowa Project Brief, 1(1). Saint Paul, MN: Center for Authentic Intellectual Work. Retrieved December 16, 2010, from http://www.centerforaiw.com/sites/centerforaiw.com/files/AIW_projectbrief_v1n1_rev.pdf

Hord, S. M., Hirsh, S., & Roy, P. (2005). Moving NSDC's staff development standards into practice innovation configurations, Volume II. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.

Iowa Department of Education. (2005). The Iowa professional development model: Training manual. Des Moines, IA: Author. Retrieved December 13, 2010, from http://www.iowa.gov/educate/pdmtm/state.html