Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards Resources
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Next Generation Science Standards: Changes, Impacts, and Responses in K-12 and CSU
How can parents support their children at home and in their communities as teachers implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics? Find out in this archived webinar.
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Common Core State Standards-Math: Changes, Impact, and Responses in K-12 and CSU
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the key changes from previous standards are presented in this archived webinar. Math preparation in the California State University System will also be discussed.
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Multi-Tiered System of Supports: A Comprehensive Framework for Implementing the California Common Core State Standards
This free six-hour online professional development module guides educators through the process of using a comprehensive framework to create systemic support systems that address barriers to opportunity and success for all learners.
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Transitioning to New California English Language Development Standards: Introduction, Overview, and Implications for Practice
In this archived webinar, you will receive an overview of California's recently adopted English language development standards. You also will explore implications for school and district educators working to implement them in tandem with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and associated literacy standards for other subjects.
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Overview of Common Core State Standards for 6th-12th Grade ELA and Content Area Teachers
This archived webinar is the first in a series providing strategies that middle and high school educators to apply immediately in transitioning to the California Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects.
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How the Common Core Shifts the Focus of Mathematics Learning
Download this paper to read how the Common Core is shifting the focus of mathematics learning and strategies to help address the challenges.
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Support for a Big Opportunity: Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards
LAPDS team members are drawing on successful strategies to help teachers shift what and how they teach in order to effectively meet the new standards. Learn more about these strategies in this free paper.
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WestEd Experts Offer Common Core Guidance
As educators, administrators, and policymakers throughout the nation prepare to implement the Common Core State Standards, WestEd staff have worked hard to provide the support needed to meet the challenges of this process.
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Core to College Evaluation: Implementing the Common Core State Standards: Articulating Course Sequences Across K–12 and Higher Education Systems
The Core to College Initiative aims to improve the alignment between K–12 and postsecondary education systems in implementation of the Common Core. Read the findings of a survey designed to examine course-sequencing strategies among the initiative's 12 participating states.
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Innovative Induction and Beginning Teacher Support Programs
Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) programs are highlighted in this webinar, which reviews an array of innovative and high quality induction practices. The webinar includes resources for preparing novice teachers for the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Assessment for Learning: What Policymakers Should Know About Formative Assessment
Formative assessment in the classroom aims to reveal not just what students are learning, but how they are learning, with results used to inform instruction. This policy brief highlights the formative component of next-generation assessment systems and makes recommendations for state and federal policymakers.
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Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy (RAAL) Course: Teacher’s Materials, Units 1-3
This package of Teacher's Guides for the Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course includes all teacher materials needed to teach the full two-semester course.
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Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy (RAAL) Course: Student Materials, Units 1-3
This package of student materials for Units 1, 2, and 3 of the Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course includes all of the materials that students need to participate in the full two-semester course.
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Preparing California Elementary and Middle School Teachers in Science
This archived webinar focuses on preparing current teachers or those affected by layoffs with the content knowledge required to teach science in grades K–8.
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Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners
How can formative assessment enhance the teaching and learning of English language learner (ELL) students? What, if anything, from our experience with summative assessment of ELL students can inform effective formative assessment practices? And finally, what are the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating formative assessment into instruction for ELL students in this era of Common Core and other next generation standards? Find out in this paper.
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