by Andrew Foster Twitter @abfosEd In the last few months I’ve come across some interesting ideas for exploring the Common Core State Standards. The most effective professional development is teacher-led and teacher-focused. Whether you are a classroom teacher doing your own research, a team leader organizing CCSS introductory activities, or an administrator trying to get [...]
April 18, 2012
Mathematics CCSS: Making it practical
by Andrew Foster Twitter @abfosEd I have been interested in the structure of the Common Core Standards since the day I heard about them. The way I heard it, the CCSS were supposed to be controversial, scary, and intimidating, and in some ways they fit those descriptions. I’ve found, however, that the simplicity and strength [...]
April 11, 2012
Attitude Toward Education Reform is Everything!
by Andrew Foster Twitter @abfosEd Today, we introduce a new columnist, Andrew Foster, who will write mostly about the Math part of the Common Core State Standards. Look for his columns on Wednesdays. Through personal experience and the challenges of life in the classroom, I’ve come to the not-so-startling conclusion that education is inevitably changing. [...]
November 11, 2011
Assessments Affect Common Core Standards: PARCC
It’s one thing to create Common Core State Standards; it’s another to assess students taught with those standards. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is concerned with assessment and has just publically released the PARCC Model Content Frameworks in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. The Model Content Frameworks serve two [...]
October 31, 2011
15-part Video Series: Common Core State Standards
Produced in partnership with NYS PBS stations WCNY/Syracuse and WNET/New York City, this series of videos illuminates the Common Core through conversations between NYS Commissioner of Education John King, a former high school social studies teacher and middle school principal; David Coleman, a contributing author of the Common Core State Standards; and Gerson, a Senior [...]
July 5, 2011
iPhone App: Common Core Standards
Mastery Connect is an online program that allows you to track student progress through the Common Core Standards. Of course, your school must sign up with them to access their program. But they just released a FREE iPhone app and Android app. With it, you can drill down through the language arts or math common [...]
May 16, 2011
Math Common Core Standards
Math Standards Download the Math Standards. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Mathematics Appendix A
