Standards - McREL

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	Understanding the Common Core Looking for an easy-to-use guide that lays out what all educators need to know about the Common Core? This booklet, written by McREL standards expert John Kendall and published by ASCD, describes the history of education standards, what Common Core standards look like and how they will benefit education, concerns educators may have, and ways to prepare for implementation.


	Common Core Implementation Support
	Common Core Initiative Support Services for States and Districts
	Developing a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
	Standards Development & Improvement Services
	Standards Evaluation & Analysis Services
	Translating the Common Core into Classroom Practice


	Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education
	PreK–12 Standards: Keys to Learning

	A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors
	Shapes, Shapes Everywhere! A second grade geometry unit

	21st Century Skills: What do We Expect of Students?
	College Readiness: A McREL Report Prepared for Stupski Foundation's Learning System
	Comprehensive Accountability Systems: A Framework for Evaluation (revised edition)
	High School Standards and Expectations for College and the High-Skills Workplace [Research in Brief]
	Teacher Survey of Standards-Based Instruction: Addressing Time

	A Distillation of Subject-Matter Content for the Subject Areas of Geography and History
	A Distillation of Subject-Matter Content for the Subject Areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science
	A Report Documenting the Process for Developing an Integrated Standards-Based Instructional Unit
	Connecting Ideas: A Strategy for Extending the Curriculum
	Designing a Sustainable Standards-Based Assessment System
	Exemplary English Language Arts Standards Among the Seven States in the Central Region
	Exemplary Geography Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region
	Exemplary History Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region
	Exemplary Mathematics Standards Among the Seven States in the Central Region
	Exemplary Science Benchmarks Among the Seven States in the Central Region
	Finding the Time to Learn: A Guide
	Sequenced Benchmarks for Geography and History
	Sequenced Benchmarks for K–12 Language Arts
	Sequenced Benchmarks for K–8 Science
	Sequenced Benchmarks for K-12 Mathematics
	Understanding Common Core State Standards

	Common Core Products and Services

	Awash in a Sea of Standards
	Issues Brief: Digging Deeper: Where Does the Public Stand on Standards-based Education?
	McREL Insights - Standards-based Education: Putting Research into Practice
	Noteworthy Perspectives on Implementing Standards-Based Education
	State Adoption of the Common Core State Standards: the 15 Percent Rule
	The Fall and Rise of Standards-Based Education: A National Association of School Boards of Education (NASBE) Issues in Brief
	Why one size doesn't fit all [Fall 2007 Changing Schools article]
	Policy Brief - Raising the Achievement of Low-Performing Students
	Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of the Standards Movement
	Policy Brief: Standards-Based Accountability Systems
	Assessing Teacher Readiness in the Central Region for the Common Core State Standards
	Standards in Classroom Practice Research Synthesis
	The Influence of Standards on K-12 Teaching and Learning: A Research Synthesis
	Thinking & Learning Skills: What Do We Expect of Students?
	What Americans Believe Students Should Know: A Survey of U.S. Adults
	A Technical Guide for Revising or Developing Standards and Benchmarks
	Challenging Standards in English: Are High Schools Missing Essential Content?
	Challenging Standards in Mathematics: What Are High Schools Missing?
	Models of Standards Implementation: Implications for the Classroom
	Standards for Career Education
	The Systematic Identification of Performance Standards