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Common Core State Standards
Common Core State Standards Website: @http://www.corestandards.org/

**Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA & Literacy** Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy
 * ELA Appendix A - Research and Glossary
 * ELA Supplement to Appendix A - Additional Text Complexity Research
 * ELA Appendix B - Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
 * ELA Appendix C - Samples of Student Writing
 * Publisher's Criteria for ELA, Grades K-2
 * Publisher's Criteria for ELA, Grades 3-12 (Rev. 4/12/12)
 * CCSS ELA Progressions - digital version -easily view standards across grade levels

**Common Core State Standards for Math** The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
 * Math Appendix A (Designing High School Courses)
 * Publisher's Criteria for Math, Grades K-8 and Grades 9-12
 * Your Grade at a Glance - resources from Achieve the Core

KCCRS for ELA & Literacy -CCSS + KS 15% KCCRS for Math - CCSS + KS 15% KCCRS for History, Government, and Social Studies (HGSS) KCCRS for Science / Next Generation Science Standards KAP - Kansas Assessment Program website and link to KITE
 * Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS) **

**// By content: //**

 * English Language Arts and Literacy
 * Writing and Language
 * Speaking and Listening
 * Science
 * History, Government, Social Studies
 * Math


 * // K-12: //**
 * Teaching Channel - Videos of high quality instruction aligned to Common Core
 * Thinkfinity lessons & digital resources for K-12, searchable by standards and grade level
 * Open Ed free teaching resources
 * Kindergarten resources

General Implementation Resources
Common Core Standards App Common Core Standards "Look-For" App Common Core Introductory Videos from The Hunt Institute Professional Development resources from Achieve the Core Implementation Tools and Resources from the CCSSO 50 Important Links for Common Core Educators Parents' Guides to Common Core -in English and Spanish, from the National PTA®

Curriculum Alignment Tools
Evidence Guides - tools to capture the evidence of instructional shifts in the classroom Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET) - evaluate curriculum materials for alignment to CCSS Louisiana IMET (adapted version of original IMET) EQuiP (Evaluating Quality Educational Products) - evaluate units of instruction for alignment to CCSS  New Hampshire and Louisiana both have good tools.  Core Knowledge has an easy to use tool. The EQUIP rubrics are good one-pagers. And, there is an electronic version of these.  Achieve the Core has a complete toolkit for math and ELA alignment.

**Assessment Resources**

KAP - Kansas Assessment Program website and link to KITE

** Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) **
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Smarter Balanced Assessment Practice Tests, Scoring Guides/Rubrics and Sample Items Assessment Questions - CC-aligned lesson with "mini-assessments" Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix for Reading/Writing and Math/Science - rigor presentation

** Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) **
PARCC Sample Items and Model Content Frameworks