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 [...]
March 24, 2010
Criteria
Standards-Setting Criteria The following criteria guided the standards development workgroups in setting the draft college and career readiness standards. Preamble: The Common Core State Standards define the rigorous skills and knowledge in English Language Arts and Mathematics that need to be effectively taught and learned for students to be ready to succeed academically in credit-bearing, [...]
March 24, 2010
Considerations
Standards-Setting Considerations The following considerations guided the standards development workgroups in setting the draft college and career readiness standards. Fewer, clearer, higher: One of the goals of this process was to produce a set of fewer, clearer and higher standards. It is critical that any standards document be translatable to and teachable in the classroom. [...]
