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A Graph of the Content Standards
This detailed graphic was created by CCSSM lead writer Jason Zimba and shows the connections among mathematics standards within and acr…
Critical research supporting the Common Core.
This detailed graphic was created by CCSSM lead writer Jason Zimba and shows the connections among mathematics standards within and acr…
As stated in this publication, "The purpose of this guide is to assist specialists and mainstream educators to engage in professi…
This article about text complexity appeared in American Educator magazine.
Content-specific feedback is a critical part of a teacher’s professional development. The highest-impact feedback and professiona…
This guest post by Jason Zimba on the Fordham Instititute website, edexcellence.net, offers examples of how parents can help students w…
This appendix provides research demonstrating that while the complexity of reading demands for college and careers have risen over the …
This appendix provides exemplars of reading text complexity, quality, and range & sample performance tasks related to the Comm…
This appendix provides writing samples that have been annotated to illustrate the criteria required to meet the Common Core State Stand…
In this essay, lifelong ELA teacher Meredith Liben offers a strategy drawn from her experience supporting students in close readings of…
This press release describes research by education professor Bill Schmidt that provides evidence for the claim that successful implemen…
This interview with Jason Zimba appeared in edsource.org.
This seven-unit module from Illustrative Mathematics presents the key ideas of the domain, Number and Operations &ndash…
A veteran educator presents a detailed, step-by-step guide to preparing, implementing, and assessing close reading lessons.
Middle school ELA and social studies teacher Joanna Hawkins discusses the thoughtful craftsmanship it takes for teachers to create deep…
As stated in this piece, part of a research series on implementation, "The instructional approach of matching text difficulty levels to…
As stated in this piece, part of a research series on implementation, "Close reading is an instructional approach strongly associated w…
This fact sheet contains key information about the development and design of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. It is bas…
Using concrete examples from Liping Ma's famous book, mathematician Richard Askey explores in this article from American Educator …
CCSSM lead writer Jason Zimba describes the connections between key mathematical content from lower grades and how it connects to high …
As stated in this publication, "Let us look to the methodology of our high-functioning arts programs for compelling models for restruct…
This dicussion forum on the Mathematical Musings blog includes rich discussions of the mathematical content in CCR standards and i…
As stated in this research study of text analysis tools that measure text complexity quantitatively, "The Common Core State Standards d…
In this piece, Jason Zimba, a CCSS lead writer, uses specific standards as examples to explain the ways in which the CCSS and othe…
This document shows how the concept of focus in mathematics was built into the CCSSM. It shows different ways one can look at the stand…
In this article from American Educator, Berkeley mathematics professor Hung-Hsi Wu explores deficits in existing mathematics textbooks …
Improving teaching and advancing student learning require weaving together both the curriculum that students engage with every day and …
The Common Core State Standards in mathematics were built on progressions: narrative documents describing the progression of a topic ac…
These documents provide criteria for selecting, developing, or revising curricular materials, textbooks, and other resources at two dif…
Research on how applicable and important the CCSS are to entry-level college courses and entering the workforce.
Based on data gathered from ACT results, this report focuses on steps to improve reading skills among high school students. Specificall…
This publication explores strategies for supporting ELL students in mastering Common Core literacy.
This research study concludes that improved performance on international mathematics assessments requires building a strong mathematics…
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of key research and relevant findings related to complex t…
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of key research and relevant findings related to using eviden…
This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of research and relevant findings related to building know…
As stated in this piece, "The following selected bibliography provides key research in two areas: Research which supports the Instru…
These documents support faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards and other college- and career-ready standards in ELA…
This guidance document provides research-based strategies and classroom activities to support academic vocabulary instruction. In this …
As stated in this publication, "The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at a…
This supplement provides new research on text complexity and offers the official grade band ranges to use for text complexity along wit…
As stated in this piece, "This is one person’s view of how the Common Core Standards on fractions in grades 3-7 may be taught. &n…
This article appeared in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society .
As stated in this article published in the New England Journal of Public Policy, "As one of the lead writers of the Common Core State S…
In this piece, one of the lead writers of the CCSSM explains how the standards are developmentally appropriate. He debunks popular myth…
In this essay, former teacher and principal David Liben explains the crucial role of vocabulary and syntax in teaching complex texts.…
This policy paper is intended for educators and researchers to provide information about the key components of fostering reading compre…
This article, written by lead authors of the CCSS and published in the Huffington Post, clarifies the role of fiction and literature in…
This essay by CCSSM lead writers Phil Daro, William McCallum, and Jason Zimba describes the importance of the structure of the standard…
This piece explains and offers clear examples and non-examples of assessing conceptual understanding, using a 2nd grade math …
As stated in this publication, "Three core shifts in literacy and math, deeply grounded in the Standards themselves, offer a way to foc…
In this article, mathematician Roger Howe explains coherence and conceptual mathematics in the CCSS using the example of first grade ma…
In this piece, high school social studies teacher Lyn Cannaday provides an account of why the transition to the Common Core in her urba…
In this blog post, CCSS lead writer Jason Zimba discusses how the ideas of “times as much” fit in with other important doma…
Vocabulary research paper and four practice exercises for teachers, coaches, and school leaders to use in PD or self-teaching on v…
This document explains exactly what the Common Core expects of kindergarten students in ELA/literacy. It defines key terms and clarifie…
This document debunks myths about the kindergarten ELA/literacy standards. It explains the reasons these myths have taken hold an…
This article, by lifelong teacher and principal David Liben, provides guidance on vocabulary instruction. It is excerpted from the long…
In this article, David Liben explores the ACT research finding that the ability to read and understand complex text is the best way to …
An "either-or" approach to concepts like close reading and volume of reading leaves important elements out. This paper discusses …