- The Common Core Initiative: Dimensions of Implementation (PDF)
by New Jersey ASCD - Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
- Overview of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PPT)
by PARCC - Race to the Top Assessment Proposal Summary (PDF)
by PARCC - Now What? Imperatives and Options for "Common Core" Implementation and Governance (PDF)
by Thomas B. Fordham Institute - SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- A Summary of Core Components (PDF)
by SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium - SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium flow chart (PDF)
by ETS - "Planning Curriculum to Meet the Common Core State Standards" by Dorothy Strickland
- "The Common Core's Staircase of Text Complexity: Getting the Size of the First Step Right" by Elfrieda H. Hiebert
- "Common Core Standards: Are We Going to Lower the Fences or Teach Kids to Climb?"by Tim Shanahan
- "Common Core State Standards: Approaching the Assessment Issue" by Richard Long