SCoE: English Language Arts Excellence in the Common Core

Free, ready-to-use classroom resources designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core and other college and career ready standards.

Includes articles, books, webinars, courses and videos.

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.

Official home of the Common Core State Standards. Provides supporting information and resources.

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.

Provides background information, articles, multimedia, research and tools.

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.

Easy-to-read and right-to-the-point monthly newsletter with interesting and informative articles that provide a refreshing perspective.

U. S. and world media publications, commentaries and reports are featured and include comprehensive views on education issues from all sides of the political spectrum.

Provides education and information age news, commentaries and blogs. The site is no longer active but continues to provide information Via a FaceBook page.

A weekly newspaper devoted to education. Articles, profiles, commentary, legislation, state and national news and book reviews for teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary schools.

Education section provides current headlines from around the world.

News and Features from the National Education Association. Can also sign up for a twice weekly newsletter.

Explores today’s toughest teaching challenges and solutions.

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Provides up-to-date news articles on education, as well as special sections for Education Life and The Learning Network.

Provides news and commentary on education, schools, colleges and universities, and emerging trends in learning.

Offers free lesson plans, the latest in education news, professional development and real teacher blogs plus the tools and applications modern Educators need to maintain a level of excellence in their classrooms.

Education articles from Time Magazine.

Provides education news, special reports, and rankings.

This document demonstrates the alignment between the Common Core State Standards and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languagesby paralleling the two
documents in tables.

In an effort to inform the work of the standards writers, College Board researchers undertook a study of the Common Core standards as they relate to arts-based learning.

Written prior to the development of the Common Core State Standards, this report provides states with a roadmap for benchmarking their K-12 education systems against those of top-performing nations, including the creation and implementation of common standards.

Provides a summary of the rationale and development process of the Common Core, along with a summary of the research base supporting the standards and evidence for how the Common Core State Standards prepare students for college and careers.

Describes how the Common Core State Standards can prepare students to engage in the following courses: AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science A.

This toolkit is intended to be a fully dynamic resource of information on Common Core State Standards and contains six critical areas for understanding and preparing for implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

This ASCD report outlines findings from four state summits and offers key recommendations for action.

This relationship study employs the structure of the CCSS to relate the ELA in kindergarten through grade 5 standards to a specific component of the PYP: the overall expectations of the PYP language scope and sequence.

The purpose of this report is to shed further light on teachers' implementation of state standards, including the instructional materials teachers are using to address state standards and how they are using them, their perceptions about the content and approaches most aligned with their standards, and the extent to which they are asking their students to engage in practices aligned with their standards.

Part of the larger 2015 Brown Center report "How Well are American Students Learning?"

Provides criteria for selecting, developing, or revising instructional materials, textbooks, and other resources.

Provides criteria for selecting, developing, or revising instructional materials, textbooks, and other resources.

This report examines key shifts in the ELA standards more closely, as well as
the research basis for their inclusion and the potential benefits for students.

The National Center for Literacy Education conducted a national survey of educators of all roles, grade levels, and subject areas to find out where we stand as a nation.

Research review provides additional information on the text complexity emphasized in the Common Core.