Academic Standards: Common Core

Understanding the Language Needs of School-Age Children

I. Academic Standards Overview

A. Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

  1. Promote college and career readiness

  2. Expectations for K-12 students

II. Adoption of CCSS

A. Nationwide Implementation

B. States Not Adopting

  1. Never adopted: Alaska, Texas, Nebraska, Virginia

  2. Adopted and repealed: Oklahoma, Indiana, South Carolina

C. Missouri's Modification

  • Modified CCSS as Missouri State Learning Standards

D. Minnesota's Approach

  • Adopted only English Language Arts Standards

III. Principles of CCSS

A. Interprofessional Practice (IPP)

  1. Collaboration among literacy professionals

    • Team includes:

      • Educators

      • Reading specialists

      • ELL specialists

      • Speech-language pathologists

B. Integrated Model of Literacy

  1. Includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing

  2. Previous curricula emphasis on reading/writing only

  3. CCSS covers all content areas: language arts, math, science

IV. Conclusion

A. Importance of CCSS

  • Represents essential K-12 skills

B. Focus

  • Collaborative literacy development.