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council of chief state school officers ccsso national governors association center for best practices nga center june 2010

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standards development process college and career readiness standards developed in summer 2009 based on the college and career readiness standards k-12 learning progressions developed multiple rounds of feedback from states teachers researchers higher education and the general public final common core state standards released on june 2 2010

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what are the common core state standards aligned with college and work expectations focused and coherent include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society based on evidence and research state led ­ coordinated by nga center and ccsso

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why is this important currently every state has its own set of academic standards meaning public education students in each state are learning to different levels all students must be prepared to compete with not only their american peers in the next state but with students from around the world

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more information www.corestandards.org for more information and to post a video of support

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standards for english language arts literacy in history/social studies science and technical subjects june 2010

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design and organization major design goals align with best evidence on college and career readiness expectations build on the best standards work of the states maintain focus on what matters most for readiness

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design and organization three main sections k-5 cross-disciplinary 6-12 english language arts 6-12 literacy in history/social studies science and technical subjects shared responsibility for students literacy development three appendices · · · a research and evidence glossary of key terms b reading text exemplars sample performance tasks c annotated student writing samples

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design and organization four strands reading including reading foundational skills writing speaking and listening language an integrated model of literacy media requirements blended throughout

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design and organization college and career readiness ccr anchor standards broad expectations consistent across grades and content areas based on evidence about college and workforce training expectations range and content

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design and organization k-12 standards grade-specific end-of year expectations developmentally appropriate cumulative progression of skills and understandings one-to-one correspondence with ccr standards

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reading comprehension standards 1-9 standards for reading literature and informational texts strong and growing across-the-curriculum emphasis on students ability to read and comprehend informational texts aligned with naep reading framework range of reading and level of text complexity standard 10 appendices a and b staircase of growing text complexity across grades high-quality literature and informational texts in a range of genres and subgenres

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reading foundational skills four categories standards 1-4 print concepts k-1 phonological awareness k-1 phonics and word recognition k-5 fluency k-5 · · not an end in and of themselves differentiated instruction

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writing writing types/purposes standards 1-3 writing arguments writing informative/explanatory texts writing narratives strong and growing across-the-curriculum emphasis on students writing arguments and informative/explanatory texts aligned with naep writing framework

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writing production and distribution of writing standards 4-6 developing and strengthening writing using technology to produce and enhance writing research standards 7-9 engaging in research and writing about sources range of writing standard 10 writing routinely over various time frames

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