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Guiding Questions. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?Why were common standards developed?What role did the College Board play in developing these standards?What are the defining features of the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards?How does our methodology differ when
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1. Common Core State Standards: Alignment and ImplicationsDanielle Luisier, Beth Hart, and Elaine CarmanResearch & DevelopmentThe College Board
2. Guiding Questions What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?
Why were common standards developed?
What role did the College Board play in developing these standards?
What are the defining features of the English Language Arts and Mathematics standards?
How does our methodology differ when aligning different College Board materials and assessments to the Common Core?
What are some potential implications for states and districts that will implement these new standards?
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3. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?
A state-led effort to develop a common set of college and career readiness standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics that
Align with college and workplace expectations
Include rigorous content and applications of knowledge
Are based on evidence
Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards
Are informed by frameworks from top performing countries 3
4. Why Common Core State Standards? 4
5. What role did the College Board play? The College Board, one of the original partner organizations, has been part of the Common Core effort since the launch of this initiative in the spring of 2009.
Writing Team: College Board staff served on the original College and Career Readiness Standards writing team
Feedback Group: College Board staff provided ongoing feedback and reviews of the K-12 standards
Advisory Group: Member of the 5-organization advisory group guiding the initiative
Alignment Data: Supporting the development of research and data to assist in the implementation of the standards 5
6. College Board Alignment Studies 6
7. What comes next after the standards are adopted? 7
8. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Overview, Alignment Methodologies, and Potential Implications
9. Overview of the English Language Arts Standards College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards
Overarching standards for each strand that are further defined by grade-specific standards
Grade-Level Standards in English Language Arts
K-8, grade-by-grade
9-10 and 11-12 grade bands for high school
Four strands: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language
Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Standards are embedded at grades K-5
Content-specific literacy standards are provided for grades 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12
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10. Defining Features of the Reading and Writing Standards