This brief from the Center on Standards & Assessment Implementation (CSAI) provides a summary of six states’ standards implementation practices related to providing professional learning activities for educators on new academic standards. States included in the scan are: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Information provided includes the delivery method, intended audience, and frequency of the professional […]
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Meet the Promise of Content Standards: The Principal
This report provides action steps that principals can take in five areas to support strong standards implementation in their schools. The five areas aligned to the Wallace Foundation’s research on essential principal practices associated with increasing student achievement are: Shaping a vision of academic success for all students; Creating a hospitable climate; Cultivating leadership in others; Improving instruction; and Managing […]
Toolkit for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards
This overview of the Toolkit for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards provides a one-page description of each tool included in the toolkit, including when they should be used and by whom. Descriptions of and links to the following tools are included in the overview: Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET) Grade-Level IMET EQuiP […]
CSAI Update: Standards Alignment to Curriculum and Assessment
This update from the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation provides definitions of standards, curriculum, and assessments and explains what alignment means in the context of curriculum and assessment. Following this overview, the brief provides summaries of alignment processes in two states, Louisiana for curriculum alignment and Oregon for assessment alignment. These summaries include links to tools and resources these […]
Rubric for Evaluating Reading/Language Arts Instructional Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 5
This rubric, based on rigorous research, is designed for use by practitioners and university faculty who are reviewing Grades K–5 reading/language arts instructional materials. The rubric is organized by content area for each grade span, Grades K–2 and Grades 3–5, with a set of criteria for evidence-based practice that instructional materials in these content areas and grade spans should include. […]