Monday, August 8, 2011

ASCD Inservice: Bridging Common Core and Assessments

ASCD Inservice: Bridging Common Core and Assessments

Bridging Common Core and Assessments

Frameworks identifying the big ideas in the common core standards were released last week and are open for public comment until August 17. The frameworks are intended to determine the focus of forthcoming assessments aligned to the common core standards....

The Myth of Pink and Blue Brains

Neuroscientist Lise Eliot wants to set the record straight: although there are significant gaps in performance between girls and boys, male and female brains are very similar. So what's behind gender gaps in academics? "When it comes to gender gaps,...