Materials from the Joint Retreat,
May 23-25, 2011, Seattle, Washington
Retreat goals:
- Provide opportunities for network members to learn about current Common Core State Standards (CCSS) efforts from experts and select districts to inform their work on the CCSS.
- Learn about The Aspen Institute/Dana Center tools and processes used in pilot districts to inform and strengthen the implementation of the CCSS.
- Deepen participants' thinking about PARCC and SBAC opportunities.
- Engage in district team action planning to ensure that strategic planning guides the professional development and implementation of the CCSS.
- Build content networks that support one another in the implementation of the CCSS.
About UDLN, UDLN Districts, and Meeting Participants
Meeting agenda (pdf 203kb)
UDLN description (pdf 148kb)
Cross-district network members (pdf 97kb)
UDLN participants (pdf 112kb)
Presenter bios (pdf 245kb)
Keynote Speaker
Charles Payne, Achieving the Intended Impact of the Common Core Standards (pdf 147kb)
Common Core State Standards—Common Tools
Strategic Implementation of the CCSS: Tools for Member Districts (pdf 449kb)
Assessing and Advancing the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards: A set of strategic levers (pdf 166kb)
Empowering Effective Teachers: Helping Students Achieve by Helping Teacher Excel (pdf 356kb)
Assessment Consortia
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College Careers—Overview (pdf 2.1mb)
PARCC—Supporting Implementation of New Standards and Assessments (pdf 306kb)
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium—Quarterly Report (pdf 2.4mb)
CSS Implementation: Early Efforts
Eric Gordon, Common Core Standards Work in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District: Progress and Challenges (pdf 358kb)
Janet Price
- Common Core State Standards Pilots in New Visions Schools (pdf 288kb)
- New Visions Math Invitation (pdf 288kb)
- New Visions Literacy Invitation (pdf 288kb)
Paula Shannon, Providence Schools: District-Wide Transition to CCSS (pdf 228kb)
Chief Academic Officers Network
Draft Publisher's Criteria for the CCSS in ELA and Literacy, Grades 3-12 (pdf 225kb)
Qualitative Scale for Text Complexity, Grades 4-5 (pdf 41kb)
Qualitative Features of Text Complexity Explained (pdf 86kb)
Consultancy Background Information (pdf 123kb)
Consultancy Protocol (pdf 135kb)
Seattle Public Schools Organizational Structure Memo (pdf 692kb)
Seattle Public Schools Transition Organizational Chart (pdf 213kb)
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, Central Office Transformation for District-wide Teaching and Learning Improvement: Executive Summary (pdf 836kb)
Michael A. Copland and Meredith I. Honig, Don't Cut Out the Center: The Centrality of the Central Office in Teaching and Learning Improvement (pdf 74kb)
Urban Literacy Leadership Network
Draft Publisher's Criteria for the CCSS in ELA and Literacy, Grades 3-12 (pdf 225kb)
Qualitative Scale for Text Complexity, Grades 4-5 (pdf 41kb)
Qualitative Features of Text Complexity Explained (pdf 86kb)
James L. Collins and Timothy P. Madigan, Using Writing to Develop Struggling Learners' Higher Level Reading Comprehension (pdf 406kb)
Jim Collins and JoAnna Maccario, Retreat Session (pdf 1.3mb)
History Thinksheet (pdf 135kb)
Sample Performance Tasks for Informational Texts (pdf 94kb)
CCSS ELA Standards (pdf 86kb)
Urban Mathematics Leadership Network
UDLN Online Information Sheet (pdf 111kb)
Proposed Agile Mind Algebra I Scope and Sequence for CCSS, 2011-2012 (pdf 78kb)
Proposed Agile Mind Algebra I Scope and Sequence for CCSS, 2013-2014 (pdf 86kb)
Katey Arrington and Brian Newsom, Exploring the Standards for Mathematical Practice Using the Shell Centre Lessons (pdf 414kb)
Equations and Identities (pdf 94kb)
CCSS Mathematics Standards, Grades 6-8 (pdf 74kb)