Free, ready-to-use classroom resources designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core and other college and career ready standards.
Comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts, which contains data that are designed to be comparable across all states.
Nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states. Provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues.
Brings together the nation’s largest urban public school systems in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of education for children in the inner cities.
Mission to provide educators with information on high-quality, Common Core-aligned instructional materials via free, online,
Consumer Reports-style reviews.
Dedicated to the support and development of emancipatory pedagogies that counter official policies and mandates that narrow the possibilities for the teaching of the language arts in public schools.
Equips teachers with the tools and training needed to effectively implement College and Career Readiness Standards in K–12 classrooms so that all students experience effective teaching and learning in all subject areas throughout their schooling and emerge prepared to meet the demands of citizenry in the 21st century.
Bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors; shares best practices, speaks with a collective voice on national policy and develops innovative solutions that improve state government and support the principles of federalism.
Provides three-year snapshots showing how selected standards progress from year to year so that students will be college and career ready upon their graduation from high school.
Consortium of states developing assessments to measure student achievement in English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) and mathematics based on the learning standards expressed by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 3–8 and high school.
Public agency that has created an online assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), as well as tools for educators to improve teaching and learning.