1. CCSS Common Core State Standards Curriculum Council

2. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association (NGA) K – 12 Research and evidence based Aligned with college & work expectations Rigorous Internationally benchmarked

4. RUBRICS STANDARDS- BASED Grades & ASSESSMENTS ACCOUNTABILITY NCLB GLOBAL TEST SCORES

5. CCSS fewer clearer higher

7. MATH The standards must address the problem of a curriculum that is “a mile wide and an inch deep.” These standards are a substantial answer to that challenge.

8. SHIFT procedural skill  mathematical understanding

10. SHIFT abstract  real-world application

11. QUANTITIES In real world problems, the answers are usually not numbers but quantities: numbers with units, which involves measurement. Grade School: length, area, volume High School: person-hours, MPH, heating degree days, per-capita income…

12. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

14. STRANDS reading writing speaking + listening language

15. SHIFTS ↑ ARGUMENTATION/LOGIC ↑ TEXTUAL EVIDENCE ↑ INFORMATIONAL TEXTS ↑ INTEGRATE: research, technology, media

16. Alignment! CCSS are aligned with ACT Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career