Dear Colleagues,
I’m happy to announce the release of a new CCR Standards-in-Action (SIA) instructional resource: “Guide to Effectively Managing Higher-level Content Standards in Mathematics.” The guide is live at: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/by-topic/College%20and%20Career%20Standards. The guide’s resource profile is live at: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-992.
The guide offers a way to manage higher-level content standards to address time constraints and other potential impediments to full standards implementation. It proposes which math content desrves the most attention and which can play a supporting role at each of the three highest learning levels. In creating this guide, StandardsWork envisioned adult educators using it in conjunction with existing math curriculum to organize content topics and balance time spent on each. It illustrates how to prioritize mathematical ideas and topics, and to calculate how much instructional time to give each.
We hope this new resource is a real help to you in your continuing efforts to implement content standards in your states.
Thanks,
Ronna
Ronna G. Spacone
Education Program Specialist
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education