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INTRODUCE YOUR SCHOOL TO THE COMMON CORE

Dear Colleague,

The Common Core State Standards set clear and consistent expectations for grades K–12 in our schools. Those standards—adopted in nearly every state— are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world and reflect the knowledge and skills our young people need for success in college and careers.

Now that expectations for what students should learn have been established, how can educators change how we teach and adjust our lessons and activities to meet those standards?

ASCD is pleased to offer this Common Core Solutions Guide to help district and school leaders obtain resources to help with this transition. ASCD’s Common Core work, our diverse membership, and experience in providing high-quality, research-based professional development uniquely position us to assist with the state-by-state implementation of Common Core standards.

I invite you to examine the many opportunities offered in this ASCD Common Core Solutions Guide. I trust you will find that irrespective of your role in the process—from classroom to boardroom—ASCD has solutions to help guide your successful implementation of the Common Core standards.

With warmest personal regards,

Gene R. Carter, Ed.D. Executive Director and CEO

NEW!The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common CoreHARVEY F. SILVER, R. THOMAS DEWING, AND MATTHEW J. PERINI

Discover research-based strategies to help you respond to the demands of the Common Core, particularly the English language arts standards. Drawing from the research on which classroom strategies are your “best bets” for improving student achievement, the authors recommend six winning instructional approaches that ensure your lessons reinforce the Common Core.(ASCD book, 2012) 7” x 9”, 89 pages.

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BEST-SELLER!Understanding Common Core State StandardsJOHN KENDALL

What every school leader needs is a straightforward explanation that lays out the benefits of the Com-mon Core in plain English, provides a succinct overview, and gets everyone thinking about how to transition to this promising new paradigm. Use this booklet with all staff members to provide an overview of the new standards in English language arts or literacy and mathematics, highlight-ing their key aspects. Plus, there are numerous suggestions on transition activities for teachers and districts to consider.(ASCD booklet copublished with McREL, 2011) 6” x 9”, 72 pages.


Circulate multiple copies of these books throughout your school or district to introduce the Common Core standards to everyone in your school commu-nity—teachers, parents, and other stakeholders.

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LEARN THE ESSENTIALS OF THE COMMON CORE

Because standards and curriculum are not the same things, you need these resources to help you and your colleagues turn Common Core standards into coherent, content-rich curriculum.

BEST-SELLER!Making Standards Useful in the ClassroomROBERT J. MARZANO AND MARK W. HAYSTEAD

It’s true that standards often have way too much content and aren’t written in a way that enhances classroom instruc-tion and formative assessment. That’s why this guide is invaluable for any educator who wants to

• Ensure standards lead to higher student achievement.• Learn how to sequence content and set up grading

scales.• Get clear steps for unpacking and converting standards

into guidelines that are much more useful to classroom teachers.

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NEW!Common Core Standards for High School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start GuideSUSAN RYAN AND DANA FRAZEE; EDITED BY JOHN KENDALL

Anyone responsible for English language arts in high school needs this handy guide. Getting a copy for every staff member ensures they’ll understand

• The four strands woven throughout the standards.• How anchor standards prepare students for college and career.

A lesson design template based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition (see page 7), with three sample lessons, is included. (ASCD book copublished with McREL, 2012) 7” x 9”, 105 pages.


NEW! AVAILABLE DECEMBER!Common Core Standards for Middle School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start GuideSUSAN RYAN AND DANA FRAZEE; EDITED BY JOHN KENDALL

Discover Common Core standards for middle schools and learn

• How they help students build on and extend skills acquired in earlier grades. • The four strands woven throughout the standards.• How to connect literacy teaching across content areas.

A lesson design template based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition with three sample lessons is included.(ASCD book copublished with McREL, 2012) 7” x 9”, 135 pages.


NEW!Common Core Standards for High School Mathematics: A Quick-Start GuideAMITRA SCHWOLS AND KATHLEEN DEMPSEY; EDITED BY JOHN KENDALL

Shifting your high school’s math program to new Common Core standards is much easier with this guide. Getting a copy for every staff member dealing with mathematics introduces

• The six conceptual categories and the domains they contain.• How modeling standards across domains link classroom

mathematics to every day life and decision making.• Ways to integrate the content and practice standards.

A lesson design template based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition, with three sample lessons, is included.(ASCD book copublished with McREL, 2012) 7” x 9”, 160 pages.


NEW! AVAILABLE DECEMBER!Common Core Standards for Middle School Mathematics: A Quick-Start GuideAMITRA SCHWOLS AND KATHLEEN DEMPSEY;

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Successfully steer your middle school’s implementation of Common Core standards for mathematics with this Quick-Start Guide. Getting a copy for every staff member involved in the process is the ideal way to explain the six conceptual categories throughout the math standards, and clarify how teachers can build on knowledge developed in early grades. A lesson design template based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition with three sample lessons is included.(ASCD book copublished with McREL, 2012) 7” x 9”, 130 pages.



NEW!Assignments Matter: Making the Connections That Help Students Meet StandardsELEANOR DOUGHERTY

Explore the essentials for creating high-quality assignments based on the Common Core, including

• A seven-step process for designing effective assignments.• “Anchor” assignments that promote collaboration and

consistency across grades.• Using assignments as a source of data about achievement.

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SCHOOL LEADERSHIP FOR THE COMMON CORE

BEST-SELLER!

Effective Supervision: Supporting the Art and Science of TeachingROBERT J. MARZANO, TONY FRONTIER, AND

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Find out how to create a teacher supervi-sion and evaluation system that goes beyond scripted observation routines and typical value-added measurements. The authors open your eyes to broad principles of effective supervision that apply to all kinds of schools.(ASCD Premium Member book, May 2011) 8” x 10”, 185 pages.


BEST-SELLER!Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, 2nd EditionCERI B. DEAN, ELIZABETH ROSS HUBBELL,

HOWARD PITLER, AND BJ STONE

First published in 2001, Classroom Instruction That Works revolutionized teaching by linking classroom strategies to evidence of increased student learning. Now this landmark guide has been reenergized and reorganized for today’s classroom with new evidence-based insights and a refined framework that strengthens instructional planning. Distribute copies to every teacher in your school to ensure they have an improved Instructional Planning Guide that makes it easier for them to know when to emphasize the right instructional strategy.(ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus Member book copublished with McREL, January 2012) 8” x 10”, 210 pages.


BEST-SELLER!Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student LearningMIKE SCHMOKER

Best-selling ASCD author and renowned consultant Mike Schmoker lays out a complete plan for implementing Common Core Standards, infusing authentic literacy into teaching, and radically improving schools. Here’s proven advice on how to

• Take a “first-things-first” approach to school improvement.• Boil down new change efforts to powerful, simple actions that ensure

you prepare all students for college, careers, and citizenship.• Focus on the essentials of coherent curriculum, sound lessons, and purposeful reading and writing.

(ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus Member book, January 2011) 6” x 9”, 238 pages.


Explore solutions that help ensure that you are equipped to meet the special challenges of leading the Common Core.

NEW!Leading with Vision: 6 Steps to Implementing the Common Core State Standards DVDDesigned to help school leaders to successfully implement the Commom Core Standards, this new ASCD DVD shows examples of effective ways to empower teachers to make necessary shifts in curriculum planning and instructional practice. In scenes from all kinds of schools, explore ways to address the essential challenges of adopting the new standards, including

• How to roll out information without overwhelming staff.• How to balance ongoing needs with the need to adopt new standards.• How to anticipate and overcome roadblocks to your implementation.

Seeing what real educators do in the field to turn the promise of the Common Core into reality will spark a solutions-driven discussion and inspire you and your colleagues to take on the challenges of systemic change.(ASCD DVD, 2012) One 45-minute DVD.

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NEW!Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless LeadershipYVETTE JACKSON AND VERONICA MCDERMOTT

When you want to succeed in leading your school through reform and change, you need more than just passion, faith in your own ability, and a sense of urgency. You need real skills. This book comes to your rescue with practical suggestions, examples of successful practices, ideas to support you and your team, and an inspirational message about how to be a fearless leader.(ASCD Premium Member book, August 2012) 6” x 9”, 144 pages.


Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student SuccessBRYAN GOODWIN

Discover how to separate the school improve-ment ideas that really work from those that just appear to work by using a What Matters Most Framework. And focus your school on how to change the odds for underserved children. To guide your implementation of the framework, Simply Better describes lots of strategic touch-stones to keep in mind.(ASCD Premium Member book copublished with McREL, August 2011) 7 7/8” x 9 7/8”, 184 pages.



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The Core Six: Teaching with the Common Core in Mind

Drawing from the new ASCD groundbreaker The Core Six (see page 3), this new online course ensures teachers around the country are prepared for the largest instructional shift in decades.

• Explore six powerful teaching and learning strategies that support the rigor and focus called for in the Common Core State Standards.

• Learn how the research-based Core Six strategies have proven effective in raising student achievement.

• Get what you need to reinforce the Common Core in all your lessons—from reading and writing to literacy across disciplines and mathematics.

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Leadership and the Common Core State Standards

What role do school leaders play in implementing the Common Core State Standards in their districts and schools? What are the best methods to effectively communicate expectations to teachers, students, and parents? This all-new online course answers these and other questions that are essential to leading the Common Core in classrooms, schools, and systemwide. A series of modules ensure you

• Learn what successful implementation looks like. • Understand how to monitor progress of your implementation.• Visualize your school preparing all students for career and college. • Explore new ways to facilitate positive change.


English Language Learners and the Common Core State Standards

Your effort to implement the Common Core is particularly challenging for English language learners (ELL) because these learners need additional time, instructional support, and aligned assessments to help them acquire both proficiency in English and the content area knowledge. Fortunately, we have a new online course to help you meet the challenge. Use the course’s video examples, in-depth readings, and downloadable applications to

• Explore instructional and assessment strategies in your classroom to support ELLs’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

• Discover how to help these learners acquire knowledge and skills aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

• Learn practical ways to help your ELLs meet rigorous grade-level expectations for literacy and mathematics— preparing them for college and careers.


For school- or districtwide purchases, please contact ASCD Program Director at [email protected], 1-800-933-ASCD (2723), or 1-703-578-9600, ext. 5634.

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CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE COMMON CORE

PD ENGAGEMENT Overview COMMON CORE PROGRAM REVIEW AND CURRICULUM AUDITBring ASCD’s unrivaled expertise in the Common Core standards to your district, region, or state with our on-site professional development services. A customized Common Core Program Review and Curriculum Audit includes

•Bringing seasoned ASCD Faculty—Lead Team Members—to your site to work for pre-audit advisement and consultation on the types of academic plans and instructional delivery practices that are essential to supporting the Common Core standards.

•Performing a comprehensive audit of your curriculum plans and practices, including school and classroom visits, capacity building to prepare your district- or school-based team for visitations, and review and analysis of data collected from classroom visitations.

•Conducting face-to-face and telephone interviews of a sample of principals, teacher leaders, teachers, and district administrative staff and report on the findings.

•Creating a Gap Analysis Document to pinpoint issues to address.•Development and presentation of a recommended plan to close the gap with recommen-

dations for full implementation of the Common Core standards.

Every stage of our Common Core Program Review and Curriculum Audit service is backed up with ASCD’s renowned print and online resources at ASCD member pricing with volume discounts.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COMMON CORE PROGRAM REVIEW AND CURRICULUM AUDIT SERVICE!

Contact ASCD Program Director at [email protected], 1-800-933-ASCD (2723), or 1-703-578-9600, ext. 5634 to plan your customized solution.

ASCD ON-SITE SOLUTIONS FOR SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AND REGIONAL OFFICES ARE•Customized•Differentiated• Job-Embedded

We tackle the challenges of each school, district, and community to provide the support for instructional and leadership practices that administrators and teachers need to succeed.

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•School Improvement Team Model: ASCD Faculty members guide teacher leaders and school-level administrators in developing plans and strategies for school improvement, while school leaders receive coaching in effective instructional leadership.

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TO PREPARE FOR THESE INSTITUTES…It is highly recommended that you read the CCSS documents for your subject area before arriving. Please review all presentation materials provided prior to the Institute as group work and development of action plans will be a portion of each Institute. Bring along any school or district materials that will help you to better develop plans or next steps as you go through the day.

We encourage you to download the presentation materials to your laptop prior to arrival at the Institute, as wireless Internet access is not guaranteed in meeting rooms.

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMON CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY STANDARDS

A series of new Institutes explain how to shift curriculum, instruction, and assessment for implementing the Common Core standards in English Language Arts and Literacy.

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CHOOSE FROM EIGHT CONVENIENT DATES AND SITES

December 3, 2012: Tampa, FL Registration Code: PD13CC003

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Implementing the Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts and Literacy Focus

PRESENTER: ASCD FACULTY SPECIALIZING IN COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT, AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

Through close examination of English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy standards, this one-day Institute engages you in activities to understand the instructional shifts of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the resources and processes available to support their implementation. The presenter explains key concepts essential to a successful adoption, such as

•Close reading of multiple kinds of texts for multiple purposes.•Writing scope and sequences for schools or districts.•Clustering of standards to integrate appropriate strands of language arts.•Addressing the implementation of reading and writing across the curriculum.

This Institute includes the development of an action plan for next steps, and engages you in

•Analyzing your school or district’s programs and practices.

•Determining implementation status and how new standards affect your local curriculum at appropriate levels: district, school, or state.

•Practice clustering and unpacking concepts in new ELA and Literacy standards.

•Developing an intentional plan for implementing the new standards and their instructional shifts.

REGISTRATION FEE: $249 (ASCD Members) $313 (Nonmembers)

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMON CORE MATH STANDARDS

Implementing the Common Core State Standards: Mathematics Focus

PRESENTER: ASCD FACULTY SPECIALIZING IN COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT, AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

Using the actual language of the Standards for Mathematical Practice, this one-day Institute engages you in activities to understand how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) create shifts in classroom norms and instruction. An experienced presenter guides you through processes that support implementation of the standards, including

•Clustering standards to form manageable units.•Writing scope and sequences for schools or districts.•Unpacking standards for units.•Instructional shifts needed for new assessments.

This Institute includes the development of an action plan for next steps, and engages you in

•Analyzing your school or district’s programs and practices.

•Determining implementation status and how new standards affect your local curriculum at appropriate levels: district, school, or state.

•Practice clustering concepts in new math standards.

•Developing an intentional plan for implementing the new standards and their instructional shifts.

REGISTRATION FEE:

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CHOOSE FROM EIGHT CONVENIENT DATES AND SITES

December 4, 2012: Tampa, FL Registration Code: PD13CC004

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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADING THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS

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Lead the Change to Common Core State Standards: Get Essential Tools for School and District LeadersCome to a two-day ASCD Institute to discover how to lead staff in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Leading the change demands fundamental shifts in classroom instruction and requires leaders who are well versed in the new standards. This Institute provides you with action steps to implement the Common Core standards now. Throughout this professional development event, there are numerous opportunities to explore processes and resources you can adapt to use in your schools and districts, including

•Collaborative program review.•Criteria and rubrics to guide the process of implementation of the CCSS.•Strategies for data teams to drive improvement of instruction.•Walkthroughs to provide feedback and to generate collaborative dialogue

about practices.•Action planning to make the Common Core standards routine in every classroom.

Address crucial questions school and district leaders and their leadership teams are asking about the Common Core standards, including

•What is required to effectively implement and monitor implementation of the Common Core?

•How will you evaluate implementation of new standards?•What needs to happen to ensure CCSS implementation leads

to preparing all students to be college and career ready?•Which of your current practices are consistent

with the new standards? Which are not?•How do you, as a leader, facilitate this change

and make it happen?

You’ll leave this session ready to lead the change necessary for Common Core implementation in your school or district.

REGISTRATION FEE: $349 (ASCD Members) $413 (Nonmembers)

A series of new Institutes get you ready for the leadership actions that are needed to implement the Common Core State Standards in your school or district.


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November 29–30, 2012: Denver, COPresented by Judy Carr, ASCD Faculty Member and Education ConsultantRegistration Code: PD13CC002

February 4–5, 2013: San Diego, CAPresented by Sue Beers, ASCD Author and Faculty MemberRegistration Code: PD13CC022

December 6–7, 2012: Orlando, FLPresented by Sue Beers, ASCD Author and Faculty MemberRegistration Code: PD13CC010

February 7–8, 2013: San Francisco, CAPresented by Sue Beers, ASCD Author and Faculty MemberRegistration Code: PD13CC023

January 24–25, 2013: Charlotte, NCPresented by Judy Carr, ASCD Faculty Member and Education ConsultantRegistration Code: PD13CC015



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COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN®

Common Core and Understanding by Design Professional Development Online SuiteLearn how to use the Understanding by Design Framework to design units of study around the Common Core State Standards. This suite of courses helps teachers shift their instructional practice to meet the demands of the new standards to deepen students’ understanding of course content. The course modules stress the importance of the new standards and provide support for building units of study that help students reach the English language arts and literacy standards and the standards for mathematics and mathematical practice.

GET STARTED TODAY! Register online at www.ascd.org/pdonline. For school- or districtwide purchases, contact ASCD Program Director at [email protected], 1-800-933-ASCD (2723), or 1-703-578-9600, ext. 5634.

BEST-SELLER!Understanding by Design Professional Development WorkbookJAY MCTIGHE AND

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This collection of templates, design tools, examples, and exercises helps you give staff members at all levels a firm grasp of key Understanding by Design principles and clear action steps they need in every stage of the process.(ASCD book, 2004) 8 1/2” x 11”, 295 pages.


BEST-SELLER!The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality UnitsGRANT WIGGINS AND JAY MCTIGHE

Whether you are an experienced curriculum designer or new to Understanding by Design® (UbDTM), you will benefit from the latest design tools and the updated UbD unit Template 2.0. UbD authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe share their insights and the practical tips that have helped thousands of educators design curriculum based on the UbD framework.(ASCD book, 2011) 8 1/2” x 11”, 119 pages with over 100 more downloadable pages available online.


BEST-SELLER!Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd EditionGRANT WIGGINS AND JAY MCTIGHE

Since 1998, thousands of educators have used Understanding by Design to create more rigor-ous and engaging curriculums. Two renowned authorities describe how to design curriculums that lead to increased student understanding and mastery of subject matter. Lots of examples, across all grade levels and subjects, show how schools and districts have used this popular framework.(ASCD book, 2005) 8 1/2” x 11”, 370 pages.


An ideal model for implementing the Common Core State Standards is the renowned Understanding by Design framework by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.

NEW!Unpacking the Common Core Standards Using the UbD Framework DVDDrawing from the popular Understanding by Design® (UbDTM) framework, the DVD explains an approach to implementing the Common Core standards that ensures a results-oriented curriculum with fidelity to the standards. UbD authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe and experts on curriculum design

• Introduce key concepts from UbD that apply to implementing the Common Core.• Explain how to unpack standards for developing a powerful improvement plan

focused on desired outcomes. • Show how to use UbD’s backward-design approach to create units and lessons

that reflect the Common Core’s rigorous goals in both English language arts and literacy standards and content and practice standards for mathematics.

(ASCD DVD, 2012) One 55-minute DVD.

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The Understanding by Design Guide to Advanced Concepts in Creating and Reviewing UnitsGRANT WIGGINS AND JAY MCTIGHE

This Guide features a set of modules containing worksheets, exercises, examples, and assessments that take you through steps that are essential to building better units. Learn how to unpack standards, build high-quality rubrics, differentiate the learn-ing plan, and obtain and use feedback.(ASCD book, 2012) 8 1/2” x 11”, 134 pages.


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COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND THE WHOLE CHILD

Bring Common Core standards to life by using differentiated instruction methodologies to maximize the capacity of each learner.

BEST-SELLER!Leading and Managing a Differentiated ClassroomCAROL ANN TOMLINSON AND MARCIA B. IMBEAU

Discover how to deal with time, space, materials, groups, and strategies in ways that balance content requirements with multiple pathways for learning:

• How to set up and orchestrate a classroom in which students work as a whole group, as small groups, and as individuals.

• How to plan instruction to address student differences in readiness, interest, and learning profile.• How to move differentiation from an abstract idea to a fundamental way of life in the classroom.

(ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus Member book, November 2010) 8” x 10”, 188 pages.


BEST-SELLER!The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All LearnersCAROL ANN TOMLINSON

The leading authority on differentiation explains approaches that work for teachers in any grade:

• Eight principles that guide a differentiated classroom.• Fifteen instructional strategies that make it much easier

for you to provide multiple learning paths for students.• Steps to help you get started with differentiation

or take it to a higher level.(ASCD Premium and Select Member book, 1999) 8” x 10”, 132 pages.


Learn how to integrate the Common Core standards with indicators of a whole child approach for each child, so that your school can be most effective in improving student success.

NEW!Understanding How Young Children Learn: Bringing the Science of Child Development to the ClassroomWENDY L. OSTROFF

Because little kids can’t tell you how their minds work and what makes them learn, you need this book about scientific discoveries that explain how young children learn and what teachers can do to enhance teaching.

• Discover where the desire to learn comes from.• Understand what occurs during children’s

development to wire their brains for attention, language, curiosity, and memory.

• Get classroom strategies you can use immediately to enhance children’s motivation, attention, and memory.

(ASCD book, 2012) 7” x 9”, 200 pages.


NEW!Learning Targets: Helping Students Aim for Understand-ing in Today’s LessonCONNIE M. MOSS AND SUSAN M. BROOKHART

Discover how to write and use learning targets—lesson-sized chunks of informa-tion, skills, and reasoning processes that students need to know deeply. Two popular ASCD authors describe all kinds of learning targets and equip you with what you need to start using learning targets to teach standards-based content and promote higher-order thinking.(ASCD Premium, Select, and Institutional Plus Member book, July 2012) 7” x 9”, 222 pages.


NEW!How to Create a Culture of Achievement in Your School and ClassroomDOUGLAS FISHER, NANCY FREY, AND IAN PUMPIAN

Understand how to shape school culture to the high expectations of the Common Core. This book explains how to

• Push students to go beyond the minimum needed to get by.• Create and hold everyone accountable for being their best.• Teach moral and ethical principles along with standards-

based content.(ASCD Premium Member book, May 2012) 7” x 9”, 226 pages.


BEST-SELLER!The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and LearningCAROL ANN TOMLINSON, KAY BRIMIJOIN, AND LANE NARVAEZ

When it’s your job to support differentiated instruction in a single school or systemwide, you need the guidance from these leading experts who’ve distilled what they’ve learned in helping successful schools through the change process:

• Eight nonnegotiables that are essential to differentiated instruction.• Eight leadership lessons for accomplishing the change process.• Forms, survey, and checklists for monitoring and evaluating

the change toward differentiation.(ASCD book, 2008) 8” x 10”, 204 pages.







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Documents

2013 Common Core Solutions Guide