Renzulli Learning’s Enhanced Features Focus on Common Core Standards
Today, Compass Learning announced the 2012 version of Renzulli Learning, which will be showcased at the 2012 ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference next week. Upgraded...
View ArticleFind Funding Resources for Common Core and Beyond
Cumulative national estimates place the cost of the Common Core Standards project at a national price point between $3 billion to $12 billion, begging two important questions: Why this? Why now? In...
View ArticleMeeting the Common Core Through Project Based Learning
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on The Buck Institute for Education’s blog. In the age of standardized testing and with the move toward the Common Core for the majority of states, the...
View ArticleCommon Core Assessments Q & A: Part 1 of 2
Editor’s note: Compass Learning curriculum expert and former educator, George Rislov, was recently interviewed by We Are Teachers for their webcast series. The topic of discussion: Common Core...
View ArticleAn Untapped Common Core Resource for Teachers: The Library of Congress
With the adoption of the Common Core Standards by several states, teachers are concerned with the implementation of these standards into their instruction. The Library of Congress (LOC) is available to...
View ArticleSmarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Releases Common Core Item Samples
On October 9, 2012, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium released 47 sample items and performance tasks for Language Arts and Mathematics. Up until that point, as noted in an earlier blog,...
View ArticleHey Common Core,
We couldn’t resist jumping on the Ryan Gosling meme trend…. Don’t worry, we’ll be posting more here on Navigator, as well as on our Hey, Common Core Pinterest page. You’re welcome. And please forward...
View ArticleFinal Next Generation Science Standards Released!
After nearly two years of effort by the lead states, the writing teams, and Achieve, the final Next Generation Science Standards were released on April 9, 2013. Congratulations to all involved on...
View ArticleNext Generation Science Standards Released: What Now?
As I wrote last week, the final Next Generation Science Standards were released on April 9, 2013. Of course, the question everyone is asking is: “What happens now?” For many of the biggest “what now?”...
View ArticleCommon Core Not a New Paradigm for Compass Learning
The Common Core State Standards were born out of two major concerns first surfaced in the late 1990s. One: Students in the U.S. would not be able to compete in a global economy. And two: We still had...
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