Common Core Assessments

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Common Core State Standards and Assessments A Workbook for State and District Leaders UPDATED MARCH 2012 IMPLEMENTING IN THIS WORKBOOK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction Review System Capacity Organize To Implement: The Basics Organize To Implement: Getting the Message Out Take Action: Implementation Action I, Align Instructional Materials to the Common Core State Standards Take Action: Implementation Action II, Train Educators on the Common Core State Standards and Related Assessments Take Action: Implementation Action III, Transition Technology and Assessment System Take Action: Implementation Action IV, Transition Accountability and Data Reporting System Take Action: Implementation Action V, Align Teacher Preparation, Evaluation…show more content…
Findings from the diagnostic should then guide how you use the rest of the workbook. Page numbers for each relevant section are within the diagnostic so you can quickly focus attention on areas of true need. After the diagnostic, the next sections of the workbook focus on how the state agency and school districts can organize for implementation. These actions undergird the entire implementation effort. Chapters 3 and 4 contain concrete information on how to shape the leadership team, create a timeline, set the budget, manage external stakeholders and form a communications plan to accompany your implementation strategy. The workbook then offers a set of implementation actions that consist of the actual work of the CCSS transition. Chapters 5 and 6 help you answer the critical questions for two key actions: how to align curricular and instructional materials and how to train educators on the CCSS. Though many states will take until 2013 or later to implement all the complex changes associated with the transition to the CCSS, most have indicated that these two actions will be their first steps. As the diagram on the previous page shows, additional key actions are required to align your instructional system to the CCSS. Chapter 7 addresses the broad transformation many schools will need to make as they become true digital learning environments where technology is integrated into all parts of the school experience, including instruction and assessment. Chapter 8 identifies ways to advance and align collegeand career-ready accountability systems with CCSS implementation. Chapter 10 examines ways to strengthen student transitions to higher education in light of the CCSS. The workbook ends with Chapter 11, which answers the final question — how to monitor progress and sustain momentum, a topic
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