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    Find fact sheets, maps, infographics, and more to stay informed about college- and career-readiness standards and their implementation across the country.

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    Brief | Common Challenges to Implementing College- and Career-Readiness Standards

    This brief details the top five challenges of implementing college- and career-readiness standards, as reported by teachers.

    Brief | How the Common Core Lives: Success and Challenges of the “New” College-and-Career Readiness Standards

    Is the Common Core really “dead”? Though no longer called the Common Core in our three study states, the “new” college- and career-readiness...

    Effects of College- and Career-Ready Standards on Student Achievement

    This study assesses the effects of the CCR standards and aligned assessments on key student outcomes for all students and for key student subgroups (...

    Year 3 Findings

    C-SAIL's major findings through Year 3 across all four studies.

    Year 3 Conference | Implementation Study Presentation

    Year 2 findings from C-SAIL's Implementation Study conference presentation.

    Year 3 Conference | Longitudinal Outcomes Study Presentation

    An analysis of the 2017 NAEP data.

    Year 3 Conference | FAST Study Presentation

    FAST study Year 3 conference presentation.

    Year 2 Conference | Students with Disabilities Presentation

    Year 1 findings on students with disabilities from across C-SAIL's studies.  

    Year 2 Conference | English Language Learners Presentation

    Year 1 findings on English language learners from across C-SAIL's studies.

    Year 2 Conference | FAST Study Presentation

    C-SAIL's FAST Study Year 2 conference presentation.

    Year 2 Conference | Measurement Study Presentation

    Year 2 progress update on C-SAIL's Measurement Study.

    Year 2 Conference | Interactive Map Project Presentation

    C-SAIL's Interactive Map Project conference presentation.

    Year 2 Conference | Longitudinal Outcomes Study Presentation

    Year 1 findings from C-SAIL's Longitudinal Outcomes Study conference presentation.

    Year 2 Conference | Implementation Study Presentation

    Year 1 findings from C-SAIL's Implementation Study conference presentation.

    How Well Aligned Are State Assessments with State Standards or Common Core/Next Generation Science Standards?

    Implementation Study: California Teacher Survey, SWD

    The C-SAIL SWD teacher survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states. 

    Implementation Study: California Teacher Survey, ELL

    The C-SAIL ELL teacher survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states.    

    Implementation Study: California Teacher Survey, Math

    The C-SAIL math teacher survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states. 

    State Policies for Science and Mathematics Assessment

    A website by NORC at the University of Chicago reporting on state science and mathematics assessment policies.

    Teacher Survey of Enacted Curriculum: ELA

    Teacher logs based on the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum revised for FAST study.

    Teacher Survey of Enacted Curriculum: Mathematics

    Teacher logs based on the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum revised for FAST study.

    Feedback on Alignment and Support for Teachers (FAST) Study Description

    Lear more about the FAST Program Study.

    FAST Study: Program Description

    How the Feedback on Alignment and Support for Teachers (FAST) Program supports teachers.

    C-SAIL Studies Update 2016

    Download a synopsis of C-SAIL's four-strand research program and our key findings through 2016.

    Implementation Study FAQs

    Information for Implementation Study participants.

    About the Implementation Study

    Information for Implementation Study participants.

    The Policy Attributes Theory Fact Sheet

    Policy Attributes Theory explainer with examples for each attribute.

    Policy Attributes Theory

     A simple yet powerful theoretical framework that posits which attributes are related to successful policy implementation. 

    State activity around adoption and replacement of CCR standards and aligned assessments, 2011-2015

    A summary table of state CCR legislation since 2011.

    State Data on Standards Implementation and Aligned Assessments

    State-verified data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia on CCR standards variables.

    Map | First Year Assessments Were Expected to be Fully Aligned to CCR Standards

    This printable map details the first year assessments were expected to be fully aligned to college- and career-readiness standards in each state. All...

    Map | First Year College- and Career-readiness Standards Were Expected to be Fully Implemented Across Each State

    This state-verified, printable map details the first year in which college- and career-readiness standards were expected to be fully implemented...

    Map | Tests Being Used in Grades 3-8 During the 2015-16 School Year

    This printable map details which states are using the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness...

    Key Language Differences in Every Student Succeeds and No Child Left Behind

    The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) contains language signifying distinct shifts in our national consciousness about standards, federal oversight,...

    Implementation Study: California Teacher Survey, ELA

    The C-SAIL ELA teacher survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states. 

    Implementation Study: California Principal Survey

    The C-SAIL principal survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states. 

    Implementation Study: California District Survey

    The C-SAIL district survey used for data collection in our Implementation study partner states.