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The Achieve Common Core Comparison Tool (CCCTool)
The Achieve Common Core Comparison Tool (CCCTool) has been developed to help state departments of education understand the differences and similarities between the CCSS and their current standards. Once the state team has completed the comparison, a data file of that side-by-side comparison and summary report can be generated. Contact Achieve for more information.
On the Road to Implementation—Achieving the Promise of the Common Core State Standards
Achieve has developed a guide for states and districts to use as they move from adoption to implementation of the CCSS. To realize the full potential of the CCSS and ensure the new standards actually reach the classroom level, states will need to think through a number of critical issues including: how to integrate the new standards into your state’s broader college- and career-ready agenda, including graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability; how your state standards stack up against the CCSS; how to leverage budgets to support implementation; and how to best communicate about the new standards to key stakeholders.
Implementation Workbook
Achieve and the U.S. Education Delivery Institute have developed a practical Common Core Implementation Workbook for all states in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The workbook uses a proven performance management methodology known as "delivery" to lay out clear action steps for states and districts. It provides relevant information, case stories of good practice, key questions and hands-on exercises for leadership teams to complete together.
CCSS Model Course Pathways in Mathematics
Achieve (in partnership with the CCSS mathematics writing team) convened a group of experts to develop Model Course Pathways in Mathematics based on the Common Core State Standards. Four model course pathways were created, each of which is intended to significantly increase the coherence of high school mathematics courses.
Publishers' Criteria for the Common Core State Standards
Developed by the authors of the Common Core State Standards, the criteria are designed to guide publishers and curriculum developers as they work to ensure alignment with the K-12 standards in English language arts (ELA) and literacy for history/social studies, science, and technical subjects. By underscoring what matters most in the standards, the criteria illustrate what shifts must take place in the next generation of curricula, including paring away elements that distract or are at odds with the Common Core State Standards. Download the Grades K-2 criteria here and Grades 3-12 criteria here.
CCSS Content Comparison Briefs
Achieve reviewed the final CCSS against a number of well-known and well-regarded benchmarks, including international comparisons, high performing states and NAEP. These briefs help show how the CCSS compare to, and in many cases, build upon, the best benchmarks in the world.
CCSS/ADP Side by Sides
Achieve has created a side-by-side comparison on the alignment of the CCSS to the American Diploma Project (ADP) Benchmarks (2004) to help states better understand the standards.
- Mathematics
- English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects
Common Core Implementation Exemplars
This document features state practices and models and provides a high-level snapshot of the work underway in states to implement the CCSS.
Public Perception of the Common Core State Standards
To explore the public's awareness of and support for the new Common Core State Standards and aligned common assessments Achieve commissioned a national poll in August 2011.
Bringing the Common Core to Life
David Coleman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Student Achievement Partners, demonstrates two lesson plans - "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and "Gettysburg Address" - that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
PARCC’s Vimeo Page
View videos from PARCC’s Implementation & Transition Institutes.
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