What+are+the+CCSS+standards?

=**What are the CCSS Standards?** = =**New Focus:** = = = =**New Features:** =
 * =**College and career readiness **=
 * =**Content and skills **=
 * =**Coherence, focus and rigor **=
 * =Fewer, clearer, higher =
 * =Internationally benchmarked =
 * =An aligned model =


 * The Criteria: **


 * Aligned with expectations for college and career success
 * Clear, so that educators and parents know what they need to do to help students learn
 * Consistent across all states, so that students are not taught to a lower standard just because of where they live
 * Include both content and the application of knowledge through high-order skills
 * Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards and standards of top-performing nations
 * Realistic, for effective use in the classroom
 * Informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society
 * Evidence and research-based criteria have been set by states, through their national organizations CCSSO and the NGA Center.


 * Attributes of CCSS-ELA**


 * Shift in emphasis from fiction to non- fiction in reading and writing
 * Focus on close analysis of texts with evidence to back up claims and conclusions
 * Emphasis in teaching literacy skills in and through history/social studies, science, and technical content areas


 * Attirbutes of CCSS-Mathematics **
 * Problem solving
 * Reasongin
 * Making Arguments
 * Precision

=Connections to Illinois Learning Standards:= ELA and Math [] Social Science []

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