Fewer, clearer, higher : how the Common Core State Standards can change classroom practice /

In clear and concise language, veteran education writer Robert Rothman identifies nine instructional "shifts" encouraged by the new Common Core State Standards and provides examples of how teachers and school districts are overcoming challenges in implementation. He presents the research a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothman, Robert, 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2013]
Series:Impact series (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Table of Contents:
  • The Common Core State Standards and the next chapter in American education
  • Less is more : focus, focus, focus
  • Achieving coherence
  • An end to the math wars
  • Covering all the bases : mathematical practices
  • Just the facts
  • Prove it
  • Up the staircase : text complexity
  • Elevating discussion
  • A role for everyone
  • The road ahead : implementing the Common Core State Standards
  • Appendix : resources on the Common Core State Standards.