Common Core
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Common Core State Standards Initiative: What Parents Should Know (with 3-minute video)
- What are the Common Core Standards?
- Council of the Great City Schools Common Core Videos
- California Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
English Language Arts
- Curriculum Frameworks – English Language Arts
- English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework
- English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework: Executive Summary
- ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment Blueprint
History / Social Science
- California History/Social Science Curriculum Framework (will be finalized in May)
- National History/Social Science Framework- College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
- National Geography Standards-
- Common Core Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies
- English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework
Mathematics
- Making Meaning of the California Mathematics and ELA/ELD Frameworks – Helpful Tools for Every Audience
- Curriculum Frameworks – Mathematics
- California Common Core State Standards: Mathematics
- Mathematics Framework
- Mathematics Framework: Executive Summary
- Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- NSTA NGSS Hub
- CDE – Next Generation Science Standards
- CA Science Framework
Smarter Balanced Assessments
- CDE Smarter Balanced Assessment System (1-page graphic representation)
- CDE Smarter Balanced Assessment System Video
- CDE Claim Achievement Level Descriptors
- CDE Reporting Achievement Level Descriptors
- CSU-EAP: Your Guide to College Readiness (flyer)
- CSU-EAP: Are You Ready for College Level English and Math (flyer)
- SBAC Practice and Training Tests Portal
- CAASPP Parent Guide to the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments: Overview and Sample Questions (Grades 6-7-8)
- CAASPP Parent Guide to the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments: Overview and Sample Questions (Grade 11)
- The Guide to Your CAASPP Student Score Report