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=//**Common Core Information**//=

Common Core Standards with Common Sense - @http://web.me.com/acaciatc/UACC/Intro.html - Common Core Standards with Common Sense (Let’s get one thing straight, this site is not sanctioned by any department of education, political group, higher education institute, school system or committee.) Does contain links to official sites.

NETS - @http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx - National Educational Technology Standards for students and teachers

Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner -@http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/index.cfm -

= = Common Core State Standards Initiative - @http://www.corestandards.org/ -

It is quicker to use these links than to go individually per grade & Unit.

Elementary: http://commoncore.org/ maps /index.php/print/elementary Middle: http://commoncore.org/ maps /index.php/print/middle High: http://commoncore.org/ maps /index.php/print/high

Links to articles on Common Core Standards - [] -

NETS - you will have to scroll down to get to the 6-8 grade Profile for Technology Literate Students

Arkansas Frameworks

Arkansas Targeted Interim Assessment Project - On left margin, click on literacy or math guidelines.

Lexile Numbers

ARKANSAS RESOURCES
Arkansas Department of Education CCSS Wiki - contains a step by step guide for the transition to CCSS. (Click on What Every Arkansas Educator needs to Know…… Then Click on the EXCEL VERSION – You will have to use the navigation tool at the bottom of the EXCEL file to navigate between pages.)

Arkansas Targeted Interim Assessment Project - On left margin, click on literacy or math guidelines.

Arkansas Frameworks

GENERAL RESOURCES
Common Core Information

Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and the the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner - From the American Library Association.

NETS - you will have to scroll down to get to the 6-8 grade Profile for Technology Literate Students

Lexile Numbers

This chart contains the Lexile Ranges for Common Core reading - (it is a good idea to always check subject matter before purchasing - don't purchase on Lexile levels alone)
 * ** Grade **
 * Band ** || ** Current **
 * Lexile Band ** || ** "Stretch" **
 * Lexile Band ** ||
 * K–1 || N/A || N/A ||
 * 2–3 || 450L–725L || 450L–790L ||
 * 4–5 || 645L–845L || 770L–980L ||
 * 6–8 || 860L–1010L || 955L–1155L ||
 * 9-10 || 960L–1115L || 1080L–1305L ||
 * 11–CCR || 1070L–1220L || 1215L–1355L ||

New York City Department of Education Standards and Curriculum2

**Here are some Common Core Resources:**
CommonCore.org has moved it’s First Edition curriculum maps to a new location, in favor of the Second Edition, for which they now charge. You can still find the original maps for free here: [] Download the ATOS-2000 scale converter here. [] [] []
 * 1) Links to Free First Edition Curriculum Maps from CommonCore.org
 * 1) Both Lexile and ATOS (Renaissance Learning’s or Accelerated Reader’s measure of readability) protest that you can’t compare the two reading levels because they are designed to measure slightly different things. Yet, ATOS provided me with this pdf that converts their scores to a 2000-based score which they say “roughly” translates to Lexile. In other words, if you know an ATOS rating, you can estimate the Lexile from this. Still, in practical terms, an internet search on the book’s title is likely to turn up both scores.
 * 1) The Common Core standards emphasize three criteria for evaluating a text: Quantitative (Lexile score), Qualitative and Reader/Task. Here is a one-page summary of the criteria that makes it easy to justify to administrators/teachers why a book is appropriate for a certain lesson. Download the Evaluating Texts for Common Core tool here.
 * 1) FAQ: List of Common Core Required Texts: