Achieve the Core offers free tools and resources to support grade-level, relevant, and joyful classroom learning.

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Text Analysis Toolkit

Professional Learning

Build understanding of the Shifts, the most critical concepts underlying college- and career-ready (CCR) standards, in instructional practice, materials, and assessment.

The Shifts

Understand how CCR standards contribute to transformative changes in the classroom that will prepare all students for opportunities after high school.

Professional Learning Principles

Delve into the defining characteristics of high-quality, standards-aligned professional learning.

Instructional Materials & Assessment Rubrics

Evaluate instructional and assessment materials for alignment to the Shifts required by CCR standards.

Presentations & Facilitator Materials

Choose from a collection of ready-to-use modules built to facilitate implementation of Shifts-aligned materials and practice.

Webinars & Online Learning

Select from a variety of 30 to 60 minute webinars and other online learning opportunities on a wide array of topics.

Instructional Practice Toolkit (IPT) & Classroom Videos

Build understanding of instruction aligned to CCR standards in mathematics and ELA/literacy while practicing using the IPG.

Planning for Instruction

Apply the Shifts to all parts of the instructional cycle with practical tools and rubrics.

Instructional Practice Guide (IPG)

Explore an observation rubric that articulates what classroom interactions look like when instruction is aligned to the expectations of CCR standards.

Lesson Planning Tool (LPT)

Move step-by-step through online prompts about content, structure, and activities to ensure the ELA/literacy and mathematics Shifts are central to the planned lesson.

Learning Supports

Employ practical classroom strategies to ensure all students are successful with grade-level work.

Priorities for Equitable Instruction: 2021 & Beyond

Use this resource collection to help prioritize resources and planning time with the goal of creating inclusive, affirming, and academically rigorous learning environments for all students.

Planning and Reflecting with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Learn from teachers are how they are applying Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in their classrooms.

ELA / Literacy: Text Complexity & Analysis

Provide relevant texts that consider complexity, academic success, cultural competence, and critical consciousness.

ELA / Literacy: Text-Dependent Questions

Develop text-dependent questions that encourage students to use evidence from texts to present careful analyses and well-defended claims.

ELA / Literacy: Foundational Skills

Learn about the critical components of a research-supported foundational skills program and apply protocols that support implementation.

Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level

Know where students should spend the large majority of time (major work) to prepare them for solving problems inside and out of the mathematics classroom.

ELA / Literacy Classroom Resources

Bring Complexity, Evidence, and Knowledge into the ELA/literacy classroom with these ready-to-use lessons, materials, and digital tools.

Lessons

Grab these ready-to-use lessons aligned to the expectations of the ELA/literacy Shifts required by CCR standards.

Student Writing Samples

Dig into this robust collection of annotated student writing samples from In Common: Effective Writing for All Students.

Assessments

Use these mini-assessments to better understand the demands of CCR standards in ELA/literacy.

Textbook Adaptations

Streamline existing programs to better align with CCR standards and improve focus on the highest-leverage content.

Academic Word Finder

Copy and paste any text into this digital tool to find the high-value, tier two vocabulary.

Mathematics Classroom Resources

Achieve Focus, Coherence, and Rigor in the mathematics classroom with these ready-to-use lessons, materials, and digital tools.

Lessons

Grab these ready-to-use lessons aligned to the expectations of the mathematics Shifts required by CCR standards.

Tasks

Dig into this collection of ready-to-use tasks aligned to the Focus, Coherence, and Rigor of CCR standards in mathematics.

Assessments

Use these mini-assessments to better understand the demands of CCR standards in mathematics.

Textbook Adaptations

Streamline existing programs to better align with CCR standards and improve focus on the highest-leverage content.

Coherence Map

Navigate the connections between the CCSSM digitally, and find standards-aligned tasks and resources ready for classroom use.