This page is modeled after Madison School's terrific website.
CCSS Video
The three-minute video below explains how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.
Common Core in the Classroom
What does Common Core look like in the classroom?
Teachers will use the curriculum documents posted here to guide instruction for the year.
Scope and Sequence: a comprehensive “blueprint” for strategically sequencing and operationalizing the grade-level/course standards
Unit Guides: provide greater detail for instruction and assessment in each unit.
English Language Arts Curriculum guides links
What does Common Core Testing look like
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is the new state test that aligns to the new Common Core standards. The computer based tests are administered to grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 in English Language Arts and Math content standards adopted by the state board.
Fact Sheets
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Overview Presentation
This handout gives an overview of the CCSS and SBAC. - What Will Smarter Balanced Assessments Mean for Me?
This one-page handout will present benefits as a student, parent, teacher, or policymaker. - Core Components Factsheet
This one-page handout explains the core components of the assessment system
Take a Practice Test https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/
Scoring the Practice Test http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/resources/#scoring
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Resources
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared for college programs or enter the work force.
Long Beach District Common Core webpage
- Assessment
- Testing with "Smarter Balanced"
- Calif. Office to Reform Education (CORE)
- Parents / Students
- Teachers
- Resources
- LBUSD Curriculum Documents
California Department of Education CCSS Website
Parent Resources
- PTA Parent Resource Web Page
- Shifts for Students and Parents practical guides (several languages)
- K-8 California’s Common Core Standards Parent Handbook
Parent Roadmaps - English Language Arts - Parent Roadmaps: Grades K - High School
- Mathematics - Parent Roadmaps: Grades K - High School
- En artes del lenguaje en ingles - Guía para los padres: Primer Grado - Octavo Grado
- Matemáticas - Guía para los padres: Primer Grado - Octavo Grado
