Common Core Standards - Wisconsin Guidance

Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Tony Evers via "DPI ConnectED":

1. Common Core Standards - Wisconsin Guidance

New DPI publications help Wisconsin educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics, as well as the new concept of Literacy in All Content Areas.

Wisconsin adopted the standards in 2010, but that was the easy task. Implementing them through engaging instruction coupled with rigorous learning activities and assessment is the hard work.

The first step requires that teachers know and understand the standards. The new publications provide guidance on the standards' relationship to Wisconsin's vision of Every Child a Graduate, supporting all students through Response to Intervention systems, and the responsibility that all teachers have for developing reading, writing, thinking, speaking, and listening skills.

A distinguishing feature of the Common Core State Standards is their emphasis on disciplinary literacy. To be career and college ready, students must know how to read and write complex informational and technical text. So, instruction in every classroom, no matter the discipline, must focus on both the content and the reading and writing skills students need to demonstrate learning.

Wisconsin educators are committed to grasping content and providing high-quality instruction. Combining helpful resources with effective practices used by quality educators leads to success for Wisconsin students.

Much more on the "Common Core" academic standards, here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 8, 2012 3:38 PM
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