Common Core Standards

Common Core Standards

Anchorage School District uses Common Core State Standards.

The standards are a set of rigorous, evidence-based standards that are clear, consistent and aligned with college and career expectations.

The Common Core standards aim to do to the following:

• Ensure that all students, no matter where they live, are prepared for success in postsecondary education and the workforce—an issue that is critically important for a transient community like Anchorage.
• Ensure that students are receiving a high quality education consistently from school to school and state to state.
• Capitalize on assessment items and curriculum material developed to match the Common Core standards, greatly improving the scope and quality of assessment and curriculum materials.
• Provide the ability to compare the performance of ASD students to students in other states and the nation.

The district began work on the Common Core standards in 2008 with other large urban school districts nationwide. These standards have been adopted by 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The state of Alaska has not adopted the Common Core standards.

Common Core ELA - https://www.asdk12.org/cms/lib/AK02207157/Centricity/Domain/1203/CCSS_LanguageArts.pdf

Common Core MATH - https://www.asdk12.org/cms/lib/AK02207157/Centricity/Domain/1203/CCSS_Mathematics.pdf

Common Core FAQ - http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/frequently-asked-questions/

Source - https://www.asdk12.org/commoncore/