"NCTE has always maintained the stance of an independent critic throughout this process and continues to believe that we best serve our members and literacy learners by focusing efforts on helping teachers meet the challenges they face in the classroom rather than offering a summary judgment of these or other standards.
"NCTE recognizes that no standards document in and of itself will change instruction or student learning; teachers will. And so, with the release of the Common Core standards, we are renewing our commitment to teacher learning communities -- collaborative, local efforts to support teachers in making complex judgments about how to best advance students as engaged literacy learners. Such sustained efforts are the real key to making progress towards improved literacy learning and for providing the foundations for enjoying the rich gifts of literacy across a lifetime."
-- from the March 10, 2010, open letter to NCTE members from Jeff Williams, Chair, NCTE Review Team
March 10, 2010, open letter about the release of the first public draft of the Common Core State Standards for K-12 English Language Arts from Jeff Williams, Chair of the NCTE Review Team
Join NCTE members for a discussion about the first public draft of the Common Core State Standards for K-12 English Language Arts
Common Core State Standards for K-12 English Language Arts:
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
College and Career Readiness Standards:
July 2009
First Official Public Draft of the Common Core State Standards for K-12 English Language Arts, released March 10, 2010
First Official Public Draft of the College- and Career-Readiness Standards, released September 21, 2009
The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies
NCTE Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment
NCTE Principles of Professional Development
NCTE./IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
September 21, 2009, open letter about the release of the September public draft of the Common Core State Standards from NCTE President Kylene Beers
August 17, 2009, open letter from NCTE President Kylene Beers that updates NCTE members on the Common Core State Standards and NCTE
July 28, 2009, open letter to NCTE members about the Common Core State Standards from NCTE President Kylene Beers