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Thank you for taking the time to inform yourself on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and what they mean to your student. The goal of the CCSS is not to replace the curriculum that your student is learning in school. The CCSS are intended to supplement the current standards, as well as ensure that your student leaves school with the real-world skills and knowledge that he or she needs to succeed in college and/or career.

This webpage is a work in progress and will be updated throughout the year.

Common Core Information for Parents:

Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success

This animated video provides an introduction to Common Core State Standards and covers the history of the Standards and their development, as well as the promise of career- and college-ready students.

http://www.hunt-institute.org/knowledge-library/articles/2011-9-1/common-core-state-standards-a-new-foundation-for-student-success/

Common Core State Standards: A New Foundation for Student Success (Spanish)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKVUy4MX8dI&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8pqM5PA&index=2

Edutopia- A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning

Discover the tools and techniques of today's teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow and how to get involved.

http://www.ocde.us/CommonCoreCA/Documents/edutopia-parents-guide-21st-century-learning.pdf

Common Core State Standards-Three-Minute Video (English)

This three-minute video in Spanish explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.

http://vimeo.com/51933492

Common Core State Standards-Three-Minute Video (Spanish version)

This three-minute video in Spanish explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.

http://vimeo.com/51947947

· Middle School Mathematics Parent Handbook

The Middle School Mathematics Parent Handbook provides a detailed description of the shifts to common core for mathematics grades 6-8.

http://www.ocde.us/CommonCoreCA/Documents/CCSSM_Parent_Handbook_MS.pdf

· California Department of Education- Resources for Parents

Common Core State Standards Resources for Parents and Gaurdians are for those interested in learning more about Common Cores State Standards (CCSS) and how to support their child's attainment of these standards.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/documents/ccssresourcesforparentsandguardians.pdf

· Parents' Guide to Student Success

Parents' Guide to Student Success prepared by the National PTA. (Available in English and Spanish.)

http://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2583

· K-8 Common Core Parent Handbook

K-8 Common Core Parent handbook is a document created by the California County Superintendent's Education Services Association in consultation with the PTA.

http://www.ocde.us/CommonCoreCA/Documents/11CCSParentHandbook_020411.pdf

· Parent Roadmap

The Council of Great City Schools has developed parent roadmaps for understanding the English language arts (ELA) and mathematics Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for kindergarten through eight grade. For each grade and subject, the roadmaps explain to parents what children will be learning and how parents can support learning outside of the classroom. They have also created these three-minute videos explain how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.

http://www.cgcs.org/domain/36