• 02/03/21
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Observe high-quality, standards-aligned instruction in action. The Instructional Practice Guide (IPG) is designed...

Grade 1

• 08/19/13
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In this piece, high school social studies teacher Lyn Cannaday provides an account of why the transition to the Common...

Grades K–12

• 08/19/13
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This article, by lifelong teacher and principal David Liben, provides guidance on vocabulary instruction. It is...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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In this essay, lifelong ELA teacher Meredith Liben offers a strategy drawn from her experience supporting students in...

Grades 6–12

• 08/22/13
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These documents support faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards and other college- and career-ready...

Grades K–12

• 09/10/13
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An "either-or" approach to concepts like close reading and volume of reading leaves important elements out. This paper...

Grades K–5

• 07/17/14
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Vocabulary research paper and four practice exercises for teachers, coaches, and school leaders to use in PD or...

Grades K–12

• 09/04/13
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This supplement provides new research on text complexity and offers the official grade band ranges to use for text...

Grades K–12

• 04/02/13
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This policy paper is intended for educators and researchers to provide information about the key components of...

Grades K–12

• 09/04/13
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Based on data gathered from ACT results, this report focuses on steps to improve reading skills among high school...

Grades K–12

• 06/03/15
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This document debunks myths about the kindergarten ELA/literacy standards. It explains the reasons these myths have...

Grades K–12

• 09/04/13
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This article, written by lead authors of the CCSS and published in the Huffington Post, clarifies the role of fiction...

Grades K–12

• 02/07/16
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This appendix provides writing samples that have been annotated to illustrate the criteria required to meet the Common...

Grades K–12

• 02/09/15
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As stated in this piece, part of a research series on implementation, "The instructional approach of matching text...

Grades K–12

• 02/09/15
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This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of key research and relevant findings related...

Grades K–12

• 02/09/15
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This piece, part of a research series on the Shifts, provides a summary of research and relevant findings related to...

Grades K–12

• 02/25/16
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As stated in this publication, "Let us look to the methodology of our high-functioning arts programs for compelling...

Grades K–12

• 04/26/17
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Improving teaching and advancing student learning require weaving together both the curriculum that students engage...

Grades K–12

• 03/08/18
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This document outlines the research and existing criteria that have influenced Student Achievement Partners’...

Grades K–12

• 11/06/18
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This paper intends to articulate the vision for what an evidence-based model for text-centered instruction could look...

Grades K–12

• 06/21/20
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To help principals and school leadership teams see how social and emotional learning can enhance academic performance,...

Grades 1–11

• 02/19/21
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Personalization Grounded in High-Quality Content We’ve compiled research from more than 500 expert sources to...

Grades K–12

• 06/06/21
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This report, the second in a series about elementary English Language Arts instructional programs widely used in...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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CCSSM lead writer Jason Zimba describes the connections between key mathematical content from lower grades and how it...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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The Common Core State Standards in mathematics were built on progressions: narrative documents describing the...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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This dicussion forum on the Mathematical Musings blog includes rich discussions of the mathematical content in CCR...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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Research on how applicable and important the CCSS are to entry-level college courses and entering the workforce.

Grades K–12

• 09/30/13
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This detailed graphic was created by CCSSM lead writer Jason Zimba and shows the connections among mathematics...

Grades K–12

• 09/30/13
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In this blog post, CCSS lead writer Jason Zimba discusses how the ideas of “times as much” fit in with...

Grades K–12

• 05/11/14
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The tables below show the 'situation types' or the categories of word problems required by the Standards in which the...

• 04/27/15
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This unit plan is a frame for an instructional unit. It introduces the fundamental concept of multiplication in grade...

Grades K–5

• 09/04/13
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In this article from American Educator, Berkeley mathematics professor Hung-Hsi Wu explores deficits in existing...

Grades K–12

• 04/04/13
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In this article, mathematician Roger Howe explains coherence and conceptual mathematics in the CCSS using the example...

Grades K–12

• 05/26/15
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This document shows how the concept of focus in mathematics was built into the CCSSM. It shows different ways one can...

Grades K–12

• 02/25/16
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As stated in this piece, "This is one person’s view of how the Common Core Standards on fractions in grades 3-7...

Grades 3–7

• 10/26/16
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A guest post by Jason Zimba on John Hopkins University Press blog regarding the CCSSM.

Grades K–12

• 10/26/16
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This interview with Jason Zimba appeared in edsource.org.

Grades K–12

• 06/16/21
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The Exploring Math Education Relationships by Analyzing Large Data Sets (EMERALDS) study was one of the largest...

Grades K–12

• 01/09/23
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Come join our seminar connected to the Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Course Series*, centered on Stride 1 of the...

Grades K–12