CCSSO Common Core Tools and Resources
Audience: States, Educators, Teacher Educators, Administrators, Curriculum Developers

This document, last updated in August 2012, highlights high quality implementation tools and resources to support teachers, districts, and states with Common Core implementation.  This document is available for free on the CCSSO website and will be updated in winter 2013.

Source: the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

Curriculum Materials Analysis Tools
Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Teacher Leaders and Supervisors

The Curriculum Materials Analysis Tools provides a set of tools with objective measures and information to guide selection of mathematics curriculum materials based on evidence of the materials’ alignment with the CCSSM and support for implementation of the CCSSM in classrooms.

The tools were developed by a national team with expertise in mathematics, mathematics education, and school administration to assist textbook selection committees, school administrators, and teachers in the selection of curriculum materials that support implementation of the new CCSSM.

The CCSS Curriculum Materials Analysis Project manual is divided into the following sections for ease of use:

• Executive Summary
• User’s Guide
• Tool 1 – Mathematics Content Alignment (K-5, 6-8, 9-12)
• Tool 2 – Standards for Mathematical Practices Alignment
• Tool 3 – Overarching Considerations – Equity, Assessment, and Technology
• Professional Development Facilitator Guide
• Facilitator Guide PowerPointSlides

Source: University of Louisville, the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics NCSM), and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)

Developments on Common Core State Standards Identifier and XML Representation
Audience: Teachers, Administrators, Teacher Leaders and Supervisors

As 45 states, the District of Columbia, and two territories move from widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards to implementation, there is a need to appropriately identify and link assets using a shared system of identifiers and a common XML representation. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), working closely with the standards authors, aim to put forward a viable approach for publishing identifiers and XML designation to represent the standards, consistent with their adopted format.

Source: The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center)

Making it Happen
Audience: Teachers, Teacher Leaders, and Supervisors

Making it Happen is a guide for teachers, teacher leaders, and supervisors that identifies and highlights the ways in which NCTM resources can support them as they implement and supplement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) in their states. NCTM resources include: Principles and Standards, Curriculum Focal Points, Essential Understandings, Navigations, Illuminations, and more.

For more information on Making It Happen, visit www.nctm.org/mih.

Source: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

NCSM Great Tasks for Mathematics
Audience: Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Leaders & Supervisors

The Great Tasks for Mathematics project is a collection of tasks to support implementation of the CCSS. Many of these tasks are drawn from existing sources. Each task includes:

• Teacher Notes that provide an overview of the task, the Common Core State Standards Content and Practices standards that the task requires
• Activity Launch that addresses key prerequisite understandings and assesses student readiness for the task
• Core Task with which students are expected, individually and collaboratively, to wrestle
• Extension Activities        

Source: National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)