General+Resources

 ** Implementing CCSS in Washington State: **    

__**Smarter Balanced Digital Library work**__

 * Higher education reps on the State Network of Educators (SNE):**
 * Janet || Frost || assistant professor, mathematics education || Washington State University ||
 * Dutch || Henry || Professor of English || Shoreline Community College ||
 * Leslie || Huff || Assistant Professor || Saint Martin's University ||
 * Kristine || Lindeblad || Teacher || Washington State University ||
 * Mark || Oursland || Mathematics Professor || Central Washington University ||
 * Eileen || Reilich || Associate Professor || Saint Martins University ||
 * David || Scott || Professor || Univ. of Puget Sound ||
 * Sharon || Straub || Director of Professional Development, School of Education || Gonzaga University ||
 * Higher education reps on the State Leadership Team (SLT):**

Noreen Light, Washington Student Achievement Council Kristen Maxwell, Assistant Professor, Heritage University



**Summary report of key national video resources related to the Common Core:**   **Shared public folder (from the Hunt Institute) of downloadable resources for communicating about the Common Core State Standards:** [] As soon as I can I will vet these and other resources I have and do my own public folder with a small set of recommended resources, but if you have a little time now and want to do your own vetting check out the Hunt materials and let me know what you think! BillM

 Tri-State Rubric for Assessing Common Core curricular materials

 NY Times article on EdX software to score essays (similar to approach being taken by Smarter Balanced assessment for at least some portion of its writing assessment)

 New Oregon web site for Core to College project

 Smarter Balanced higher education web page and specific link to Achievement Level Descriptors and College readiness work (live 11/27/12)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> Video explaining Common Core to lay audience, particularly parents

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> Collection of video resources for teachers and school leaders around implementing the Common Core <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> PACE study on implications of CCSS and next-generation assessments on English Language Learners in California

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> Illinois Toolkit for using the Common Core to address Secondary/Postsecondary Alignment Issues

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) resources on college- and career-readiness <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">[|Mathematical Education of Teachers II] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;">[|Common Core Watch (from Fordham Institute)]