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 Adopted and repealed: Oklahoma, Indiana, South Carolina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.