Improving science learning by implementing new standards requires substantial instructional shifts, and states and districts should make ongoing plans to communicate those shifts and what they mean for students, teachers, and classrooms to the surrounding community.

Videos and Web sites explaining California’s commitment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

There are twelve shifts that the Common Core requires of us if we are to be truly aligned with it in terms of curricular materials and classroom instruction. There are six shifts in Mathematics and six shifts in ELA/ Literacy.

Common questions and answers to help California educators communicate about the Smarter Balanced Assessment System with students, parents, the media, local school boards, and the general public.

California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress: Overview and Sample Questions