Common Core State Standards Overview - Webinar
Author: NGA Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers
Publisher: National Governors Association
Publication Date: 2010, June 30
Full text available online at: http://www.corestandards.org
Abstract (written by Author/Publisher)
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) host this webinar to discuss the content of the Common Core State Standards, with presenters Bill McCallum, lead writer on the Common Core State Standards writing team for mathematics, and Jim Patterson, a writer from the Common Core State Standards writing team for English language arts.
Click on the link above to connect to the home page of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. On the right-hand side of this page, click on "Watch the Webinar."
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