Gap Analysis Resources

Common Core Learning Standards

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Gap Analysis Resources



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The adoption of the common core presents an opportunity to capitalize on the expertise and systems our state has in place to better prepare every Illinois student for their experience beyond high school. The work of implementing new standards will not be rapid. It will require a collaborative, responsible approach regardless of circumstances that are less than ideal for capacity and economic issues faced statewide. The current assessment system will undergo significant adaptations that are in the very early stages of design and development.

The resources that follow offer suggestions to initiate local review of the common core and promote discussion that will inform planning and preparation for full implementation. The implementation of standards and decisions regarding curriculum are local decisions. Districts will choose various approaches to their planning process and the implementation of new standards.