Common Core State Standards

ASCD provides information for implementing the Common Core. You can subscribe to the twice-monthly newsletter from this page.

This is the main page created by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association.

PARCC is a states-led collaborative developing assessments that align with the Common Core Standards. Massachusetts is a Governing State in PARCC, and a leader in this initiative.

Achieve is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to standards-based education reform. Achieving the Common Core is a web resource full of facts, comparisons, videos and lesson plans. Achieve also offers the On the Road to Implementation guide for school districts.

Similar to PARCC, a states-led group designing assessments aligned to the Common Core.

PARCC has released a set of test specification documents, including assessment blueprints and evidence statement tables, to help educators and the general public better understand the design of the PARCC assessments.

Recommended by Kathy Schrock, on her webpage: http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html.