Common Core Standards
If you would like additional information about the Common Core Standards, please contact
Anthony Marinello,
amarinello@s-cook.org
or (708) 754-6600.
The Illinois State Board of Education has adopted new Math and English Language Arts
standards for K-12 education known as the New Illinois State Learning Standards
Incorporating the Common Core. The goal is to better prepare Illinois students for success
in college and the workforce in a competitive global economy.
Why new standards?
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Our expectations for what students must know and be able to demonstrate were different
in 1997 when Illinois adopted the current standards.
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The new standards aim to provide clear, consistent academic benchmarks with "fewer,
clearer and higher" academic standards for essential learning and skills. The standards
were developed while considering the standards of top performing countries and the
strengths of current state standards.
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The 2010 state standards provide benchmarks for academic progress (skills and knowledge)
that students should have at the conclusion of each grade level. This will allow teachers
to establish the best approach to help their students meet those standards.
- Students and parents will clearly understand the knowledge students are expected to attain each year.
Resources used for Common Core
ISBE/Common Core Website
Description: The Illinois State Board of Education has adopted new Mathematics and English Language Arts
standards for K-12 education known as The New Illinois Learning Standards Incorporating the Common Core.
The goal is to better prepare Illinois students for success in college and the workforce in a competitive
and global economy. This will be the spring board to showcase the English Language Arts Standards, the
Mathematics Standards, the Gap Analysis, the assessment components with Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), and the PTA informational component.
Direct Link: ISBE/Common Core Website.
Common Core: English Language Arts
Description: The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies,
Science, and Technical Subjects ("the Standards") are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to
fulfill the charge issued by the states to create the next generation of K-12 standards in order to help ensure
that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school.
Direct Link:
Common Core: English Language Arts
ELA Shift Kit Resources
Common Core: Mathematics
Description: These Standards define what students should understand and be able to do in their study of
mathematics. Asking a student to understand something means asking a teacher to assess whether the student
has understood it. But what does mathematical understanding look like? The Standards set grade-specific standards
but do not define the intervention methods or materials necessary to support students who are well below or well
above grade-level expectations. It is also beyond the scope of the Standards to define the full range of supports
appropriate for English language learners and for students with special needs. At the same time, all students
must have the opportunity to learn and meet the same high standards if they are to access the knowledge and skills
necessary in their post-school lives.
Direct Link:
Common Core: Mathematics
Common Core: Science
Effective science teaching and learning will mean that Illinois K-12 students will be better prepared for entrance
into college and careers. The ILS-Science are designed to help students acquire a deep understanding of core science
and engineering content and ideas as well as experience applying that knowledge in any context. Students will
demonstrate their scientific proficiency by engaging in practices that demonstrate the ability to apply scientific concepts.
Direct Link: Common Core: Science
Common Core: Social Science
The Illinois Learning Standards (ILS) define what all students in all Illinois public schools should know and be able
to do in the six core areas as a result of their elementary and secondary schooling. The purpose of these new, more
rigorous standards is to better prepare students to be college and career ready. These standards must be fully implemented
by the 2017-18 school year.
Direct Link:
Common Core: Social Science
PARCC
Description: Twenty-six states are working together in the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and
Careers. The new assessment system will greatly increase the number of graduating students who are ready to succeed
after graduating. Illinois is one of 11 states serving on PARCC's governing board, helping to lead the way.
Direct Links: PARCC and Assessment
National Parent Teacher Association
Description: The Parents' Guide to Student Success (offered in English and Spanish) was developed in response to
the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics that more than 40 states have adopted. National
PTA created the guides for grades K-8 and two for grades 9-12 (one for English language arts/literacy and one for
mathematics).
Direct Link:
National Parent Teacher Association
Capture the Core Newsletters
Description: These monthly news letters are designed by the ISBE Content Area Specialist and provide grade level suggestions
for educators on how to implement the CCSS in the classrooms.
Direct Link: Capture the Core Newsletter
IL Classrooms in Action
IL Classrooms in Action page has K-12 resources for classroom teachers on behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education.
On this page you will be informed of resources in the various areas including the content areas, learning supports,
technology, family engagement and more. Illinois has thousands of classroom teachers who work incredibly hard to educate
our students in communities statewide. The goal is to ensure all teachers have multiple ways to access resources.
Direct Link: IL Classrooms in Action