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Common Core Standards

Introduction to Common Core State Standards

Introduction to Common Core State Standards

Watch the following three minute video describing the purpose of the Common Core State Standards. The video was created by the Council of the Great City Schools.
 
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The following resource links will help parents navigate the Common Core State Standards.
 
California Department of Education – Resources provide background and answer questions related to CCSS.
 
Council of the Great City Schools – Parent roadmaps in mathematics and English language arts provide guidance to parents about CCSS  and how they can support their student’s learning in grades K-8. These roadmaps for each grade level also provide  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.
 
engageNY – This  New York State Department of Education website provides a number of parent resources that highlight significant shifts in the standards and provides parents with both suggestions for how to help support their students at home and examples of tasks that students will now need to be able to do.
 
National Parent Teacher Association – Resource guides by grade level to help parents better understand what the CCSS standards will mean for their student.