Prioritizing The Common Core

Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935588412

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Prioritizing the Common Core by Larry Ainsworth Pdf

The consensus among educators nationwide is that in-depth instruction paired with focused assessment of essential concepts and skills are far more effective than superficially covering every concept and skill in the standards. Educators are faced with the task of teaching all standards while meeting the extraordinary range of student learning needs. Prioritizing the Common Core offers common sense solutions to the dilemmas teachers face today in implementing the new, more rigorous national standards. Chapters present a rationale for prioritizing the Common Core, a step-by-step process for prioritizing standards in language arts and mathematics, strategies for soliciting feedback and input from everyone in the district or school prior to the final determination of the Priority Standards, and detailed summaries of the process schools in six different districts used to identify their Priority Standards, with accompanying commentary by those who directed the work.

Author : Tom Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0979381088

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Navigating Common Core Standards Using Crowns and Stars by Tom Moore Pdf

Author : Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483388533

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Common Formative Assessments 2.0 by Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut Pdf

Upgrade your CFAs using CFA 2.0 Common Formative Assessments 2.0 presents a powerful, research-based process for improving teaching and student learning that is applicable to all standards, all grades, and all content areas. CFA 2.0 is so much more than assessment design. It shows teachers how they can intentionally align standards, instruction, assessment, and data analysis in every unit of study. The CFA 2.0 process is not limited to assessment design only. Rather, it is a system of intentionally aligned components (standards, instruction, assessments, and data analysis) that all work together to improve student learning. Even a timeless process needs to remain timely. This expanded, all-new edition of the definitive guide to common formative assessments features new field research and proven strategies that will enable educators to make more accurate inferences about student understanding so they can adjust instruction to improve student learning. Readers will learn to Build the "highway" to aligned assessments Use the CFA 2.0 design steps to upgrade their own assessments Decide the learning intentions and student success criteria for a unit of study Evaluate and revise assessment questions for quality Plan the learning progressions for students to attain the learning intentions Create quick progress checks to coincide with the learning progressions Use assessment results as feedback to adjust instruction and student learning strategies Gain new knowledge and skills for creating, revising, and improving grade- and course-level common formative assessments Author Larry Ainsworth provides busy educators and leaders with a practical, how-to guide filled with information, examples, and action steps to assist all K–12 grade- and course-level teams in making this completely re-envisioned process their own.

Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935588054

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Rigorous Curriculum Design by Larry Ainsworth Pdf

The need for a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects standards, instruction, and assessment has never been more pressing. For educators to meet the challenging learning needs of students they must have a clear road map to follow throughout the school year. Rigorous Curriculum Design presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model that curriculum designers and educators in every school system can follow to create a progression of units of study that keeps all areas tightly focused and connected.

Author : Lissa A. Power-deFur
Publisher : Plural Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597569439

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Common Core State Standards and the Speech-Language Pathologist by Lissa A. Power-deFur Pdf

Common Core State Standards and the Speech-Language Pathologist: Standards-Based Intervention for Special Populations is a tool for the analysis of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the development of interventions to meet student-specific needs. The CCSS is an education initiative in the United States that details what K-12 students should understand in English language arts and mathematics by the end of each grade. The initiative seeks to establish consistent education standards across the United States and ensure that graduating students are prepared to enter college or the workforce. As of 2015, forty-three states had adopted the CCSS. With the implementation of the CCSS, it is critical that speech-language pathologists collaborate with educators to enable the success of students with communication disorders as well as English language learners. This text offers a practical approach for application of the CCSS with a parallel analysis of children's strengths and needs to create a template for intervention. It addresses strategies to facilitate the success of students in accessing and achieving the expectations of the general curriculum, with a focus on students with communication disorders, hearing loss, vision loss, deaf-blindness, specific learning disabilities, autism, multiple disabilities, and English language learners. Key features include: Background and implications of the CCSSChapters written by experts in the fieldTools for analysis of the language expectations of the CCSS and a framework for aligning intervention (both direct and classroom-based) with the CCSS for students at elementary and secondary levelsCollaboration strategies to facilitate success in the classroomMultiple case studies Common Core State Standards and the Speech-Language Pathologist is a must-have resource for any speech-language pathologist working with children, as well as their education and administration partners.

Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Advanced Learning Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935588516

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Unwrapping the Common Core by Larry Ainsworth Pdf

"Unwrapping" the Common Core is a stand-alone, how-to guide for busy educators who need a proven way to work with the new standards. The process of "unwrapping" is a powerful tool for effectively deconstructing state standards. This easy-to-read format includes grade-specific examples of "unwrapped" standards, enabling educators to confidently apply this simple, proven technique for making rigorous new standards manageable. Part One describes the complete "unwrapping" process with examples in both English language arts and literacy and mathematics. Part Two contains 60 "unwrapped" Common Core English language arts and math examples, each specific to one of the four grade spans: K 2, 3 5, 6 8, and 9 12. Part Three illustrates where "unwrapping" fits in the big picture of an integrated standards-assessment-curriculum-instruction system."

Author : Cheryl A. Dunkle
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452283968

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Leading the Common Core State Standards by Cheryl A. Dunkle Pdf

Transform your school using proven core curriculum practices Many educators agree that we already know how to foster student success, so what is keeping common sense from becoming common practice? The author provides step-by-step guidance for overcoming the barriers to adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and achieving equity and excellence for all students. As an experienced teacher and principal, Cheryl Dunkle is well versed in staff members′ perspectives and gives school leaders valuable tools for fostering the teacher and parent buy-in needed to put the CCSS into practice. This practical guide shows leaders how to implement the CCSS, which will ultimately result in continuous quality improvement in schools. Leading the Common Core State Standards addresses these key issues and more: Communicating the CCSS to teachers and parents and attaining their buy-in Transitioning schools and districts to align with the CCSS Determining which teaching and learning practices need to change Garnering resources and support for reforms Many timesaving and supportive professional learning resources are provided, including guiding questions, an annotated bibliography, and a list of helpful references. These tools equip leaders to create collaborative structures and a climate of trust for sharing professional expertise and expanding the capacity of every staff member. There are no effective "quick fixes" in education. However, the steps outlined in this book will put you, your staff, and your students on a common-sense path to success.

Author : Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins,Allyson J. Burnett
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781936764303

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20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins,Allyson J. Burnett Pdf

With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20 research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet those standards and become expert readers.

Author : Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483388540

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Common Formative Assessments 2.0 by Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut Pdf

Assessments that improve the speed and quality of learning—fully updated for teacher teams! In this expanded, all-new edition, author Larry Ainsworth provides a system of intentionally aligned components (standards, instruction, assessments, and data analysis) that all work together to improve student learning. Readers will learn to: Build the “highway” to aligned assessments Decide the learning intentions and student success criteria for a unit of study Evaluate and revise assessment questions for quality Plan the learning progressions for students to attain the learning intentions Create quick progress checks to coincide with the learning progressions Use assessment results as feedback to adjust instruction and student learning strategies Upgrade your CFAs using CFA 2.0! CFA 2.0 is so much more than assessment design. It shows teachers how they can intentionally align standards, instruction, assessment, and data analysis in every unit of study.

Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935588405

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Getting Started with Rigorous Curriculum Design by Larry Ainsworth Pdf

School districts are now successfully implementing the Rigorous Curriculum Design process to redesign their curricula to fulfill the promise of the Common Core and prepare students for success on the coming national assessments. Each chapter of Getting Started With Rigorous Curriculum Design will provide educators with "collective wisdom" -- insights and ideas to enrich and expand understandings they may not have yet come to on their own.

Author : Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1412915775

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Common Formative Assessments by Larry Ainsworth,Donald Viegut Pdf

Common formative assessments—the centerpiece of an integrated, standards-based system! Now you have powerful means to closely align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to the standards essential for student success. This timely resource presents the "big picture" of an integrated, standards-based instruction and assessment system, and offers guidelines for: Aligning school-based common formative assessments with district benchmarks and large-scale summative assessments Predicting likely student performance on subsequent assessments in time to make instructional modifications Implementing and sustaining common formative assessments within the school’s or district’s culture

Author : Eli R. Johnson
Publisher : Achievement For All Publish
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Academic language
ISBN : 9780985834906

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Common Core Standards - Academic Language in the Classroom by Eli R. Johnson Pdf

Author : Larry Ainsworth,Jan Christinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 193319622X

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Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program for Primary Grades by Larry Ainsworth,Jan Christinson Pdf

Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program is a method for educators to use the texts and tools that they currently have to create a math instruction program that will create powerfully math literate students.

Author : Lucy Calkins,Mary Ehrenworth,Christopher Lehman
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325043558

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Pathways to the Common Core by Lucy Calkins,Mary Ehrenworth,Christopher Lehman Pdf

Lucy Calkins and her colleagues at the Reading and Writing Project have helped thousands of educators design their own pathways to the Common Core. Now, with Pathways to the Common Core, they are ready to help you find your way. Designed for teachers, school leaders, and professional learning communities looking to navigate the gap between their current literacy practices and the ideals of the Common Core, Pathways to the Common Core will help you: understand what the standards say, suggest, and what they don't say; recognize the guiding principles that underpin the reading and writing standards; identify how the Common Core's infrastructure supports a spiraling K-12 literacy curriculum; and scrutinize the context in which the CCSS were written and are being unrolled. In addition to offering an analytical study of the standards, this guide will also help you and your colleagues implement the standards in ways that lift the level of teaching and learning throughout your school.--

Author : Bjorn Lomborg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108415453

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Prioritizing Development by Bjorn Lomborg Pdf

An analysis of the UN's development targets up until 2030, and the case for prioritizing the most powerful investment areas.