The following are some reputable resources available on the Internet. If you have suggestions of other sites for consideration, please email me at mdale@library.msstate.edu.
"Built in consultation with Common Core experts, the website answers questions about the standards and points parents and teachers toward resources to help them understand what is changing and what is not."
This link is a search in EDSITEment's vast website for Common Core ideas and materials. EDSITEment is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"ASCD's free EduCore™ digital tool, which was funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a repository of evidence-based strategies, videos, and supporting documents that help educators transition to the Common Core standards in mathematics and English language arts and literacy." The ASCD was formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
"James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy is a strategic catalyst for transforming public education and securing our country’s future." Their channel has many informational videos about the CCSS.
"Illustrative Mathematics provides guidance to states, assessment consortia, testing companies, and curriculum developers by illustrating the range and types of mathematical work that students experience in a faithful implementation of the Common Core State Standards, and by publishing other tools that support implementation of the standards."
Provides high-quality teacher-produced lesson plans that align to the CCSS; also a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting.
"The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is committed to developing model content frameworks for mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA/literacy) to serve as a bridge between the Common Core State Standards and the PARCC assessments."
"We hope our coverage, including suggestions for linking individual titles with specific standards, will help educators address these new directives while extending our mission: to get the best books for children into the classroom and into the hands of students.
Share My Lesson has a significant resource bank for Common Core State Standards, covering all aspects of the standards, from advice and guides to help with dedicated resources that support the standards.
"Smarter Balanced is a state-led consortium developing assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics that are designed to help prepare all students to graduate high school college- and career-ready."
"Teaching Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools." This page links directly to Common Core Videos.
This is an online version of our database ERIC. "ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added twice weekly. If available, links to full text are included."
The MDE's mission is "to provide leadership through the development of policy and accountability systems so that all students are prepared to compete in the global community."
"ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access."