Common Core State Standards

Common Core State Standards Resources

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed through a state-led initiative to establish consistent and clear education standards for English-language arts and mathematics that would better prepare students for success in the competitive global economy.

Senate Bill 1 from the fifth Extraordinary Session (SB X5 1) created the Academic Content Standards Commission (ACSC). The duty of the ACSC was to develop and recommend academic content standards to the SBE.

The purpose of this web page is to provide teachers, administrators and parents information, resources and responses to frequently asked questions about the new academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education on August 2, 2010.

GENERAL OVERVIEW RESOURCES

Teachers

Administrators

Parents

ELA Teacher Overview
CCSS ELA-HSS-Science.ppt
International Benchmarking ppt
Math Teacher Overview
A Look At Kindergarten through Grade Five in California Public Schools - California Department of Education, 2011

ELA Administrator Snapshot s
Math Administrator Snapshots
California’s New Common Core K-12 Academic Standards - EdSource Forum, March 18, 2011
CDE Resources
Do’s and Don’ts for Communicating the Common Core State Standards
Common Core State Standards Communications Toolkit CCSSO

Parent Handbook
Parents' Guide to Student Success - National PTA, 2011 Guides to the CCSS by grade level in English and Spanish
What Do Parents Need to Know? - Spotlight on the Common Core State Standards, March 2011

Professional Development Opportunities

ELA Common Core
- Contact ELA Ginny Pender, (408) 453-6595
Mathematics Common Core
- Contact Mathematics Jivan Dhaliwal, (408) 453-4354

Date last updated: May 1, 2012