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In 2009, 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia signed a memorandum of
agreement with the National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO), committing to a state-led process - the Common Core State Standards
Initiative (CCSSI).
Achieve partnered with NGA and CCSSO on the Initiative and a number of Achieve staff and
consultants served on the writing and review teams. On June 2, 2010, the Common Core State
Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics (CCSS) were released, and since then, over 45
states have adopted the Common Core State Standards and are now working to implement the standards.
Achieve has developed materials to help states, districts, and others understand the organization and content of
the standards and the content and evidence base used to support the standards.
Advocacy & Communications
Implementation Planning Tools

Instructional Support & Alignment Resources

State Materials & Websites

Accountability
Sustainability

Advocacy & Communications

Issue-Based Resource Documents

Resources on Career Technical Education & the Common Core State Standards
Resources on English Language Learners & the Common Core State Standards
Resources on Students with Disabilities & the Common Core State Standards
PPT Presentations
Understanding the Common Core State Standards
Fact Sheets
Understanding the K-12 Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
Understanding the K-12 Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy in
History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Achieves Future Ready Project website includes fact sheets on the Common Core State Standards,
relevant research, and messaging dos and donts.
Achieve has developed messaging cards around the Common Core State Standards and the
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). They are 4" x 8"
messaging cards, with key messages on the front and critical facts on the back, to be shared with
other advocates of the Common Core State Standards and common assessments. Download the PDF for
CCSS and the PDF for PARCC. Contact us for hard copies of these cards, or download the InDesign files
(CCSS, PARCC). Please note that the InDesign files will only open if you have CS5.5 InDesign or a
version higher installed on your computer.
The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has created grade-by-grade Parent Guides to Student
Success on the Common Core State Standards that explore what students should be learning at each
grade in mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy in order to be prepared for college and
careers. The Guide is available in English and Spanish.
To inform and rally more advocates within the business community, Achieve and the GE Foundation
have developed Business Resources for a College- and Career-Ready America for business leaders
interested in supporting college- and career-ready education reform, including the Common Core State
Standards and common assessments.

To explore the public's awareness of and support for the new Common Core State Standards and
aligned common assessments Achieve commissioned a national poll in August 2011: Strong Support,
Low Awareness: Public Perception on the Common Core State Standards.Achieve created an
Engaging Educators Tool for state leaders to use in determining how they can engaged educators to
ensure seamless and effective implementation of the CCSS. The tool focuses on two key areas:
Developing a broad communication plan to reach all educators with basic information about the CCSS
and engaging educators in the development and delivery of aligned instructional materials and
professional development plans.
The Hunt Institute and CCSSO have created videos on Common Core implementation by target
audience and topic, many of which feature remarks by the lead writers of the CCSS.
Achieve reviewed the final CCSS against a number of well-known and well-regarded benchmarks,
including international comparisons, high performing states and NAEP and developed CCSS Content
Comparison Briefs. These briefs help show how the CCSS compare to, and in many cases, build upon,
the best benchmarks in the world.
The Council of Great City Schools has released Parent Roadmaps to support parents' understanding of
the Common Core State Standards at the elementary grade levels. CGCS also released three minute
videos explaining the Common Core in English and Spanish.
The Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce jointly developed and
released a Toolkit for Building Employer Support.
Connecting the Dots includes key questions for states to consider to align K12 and higher education
policies, specific examples of activities underway in states, and a call to action to create strong,
sustainable change around the CCSS and common assessments.
Follow #commoncore, #ccss and #ccchat on Twitter for regularly shared articles, resources, and tools
on the Common Core State Standards.

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