Illinois Learning Standards Books
Downloadable PDF books for individual grade levels that have all Illinois Learning Standards. (Including the New Fine Arts standards recently approved 6/16/2016 and effective 2018/2019 school year.) Digital ebooks will be available for each grade level by the end of July that can be accessed using iBooks on Apple devices or other ebook readers for Android/Kindle.

Parent Resources

National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Common Core Standards Overview
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (ISBE)
Common Core Standards Overview
Council of Great City Schools Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core
IL PTA and ISBE Parent Guides
- Kindergarten Spanish
- Grade 1 Spanish
- Grade 2 Spanish
- Grade 3 Spanish
- Grade 4 Spanish
- Grade 5 Spanish
- Grade 6 Spanish
- Grade 7 Spanish
- Grade 8 Spanish
- High School: ELA ELA Spanish Math Math Spanish
PARCC Resource and Website Guide
Parent Information on Common Core Standards

General Resources

ELA Educator Resources

A First Look at Common Core ELA & Literacy in Illinois (ACT)
Capture the Core Newsletter for Teachers
Common Core Professional Learning Series - Over fifty topics with over two hundred associated strategies, tools, and materials for teachers.
Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies for English & Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Grade 6-12
- Grade K-5
- Reading Literature
- Grade 6-12
- Grade K-5
Data and Assessments: ISBE Recommended Resources for Common Core Standards
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric: ELA/Literacy
ELA Shift Kits
English Language Arts: ISBE Recommended Resources for Common Core Standards
Fact Sheet: Illinois Schools Implement New English Language Arts Standards
I-SAIL Illinois Standards Aligned Instruction for Libraries
Publishing Criteria for Literacy
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-12

Math Educator Resources

A First Look at Common Core Mathematics in Illinois (ACT)
Capture the Core Newsletter for Teachers
Common Core Professional Learning Series - Over fifty topics with over two hundred associated strategies, tools, and materials for teachers.
Data and Assessments: ISBE Recommended Resources for Common Core Standards
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products (EQuIP) Rubric: Math
Fact Sheet: Illinois Schools Implement New Math Standards
Illustrative Mathematics
Mathematics: ISBE Recommended Resources for Common Core State Standards
Math PARCC Model Content Frameworks
Mathematics: The Common Core Toolbox
Math Works
Publishers' Criteria for Math
- K-8
- High School
Teacher to Teacher Professional Debelopment Series
- Creating High Quality Mathematics Assessments (49:00)
  - Also available on Go-to-Webinar Cloud (MAC and PC)
- Integrated Math: Lesson Examples and Student Samples from the 9-12 Classroom Webinar Video (48:25)
  - https://vimeo.com/120843105
- Using Backward Design in Planning Math Lessons (49:35)
  - https://vimeo.com/121033749
Tools for the Common Core Standards
University of Arizona Progressions Document

PARCC Assessment Resources

PARCC Website
- PARCC Resource and Website Guide
  PARCC website. Get quick links to such resources as technology guidance documents, PARCC Model Content Frameworks, and more.

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ELA Educator Resources

Math Educator Resources

PARCC Assessment Resources

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