Academic Resources
- California Common Core Standards: as explained on California State PTA's website.
- California Common Core Standards Video: a three-minute video introduction to the Common Core
- California State Standard Frameworks
K-5 Academic Resources
- Achieve the Core (K-2): free, ready-to-use classroom resources that align to college-ready and career-ready standards, including the Common Core.
- Achieve3000: Achieve3000® provides the only patented, cloud-based solutions that deliver daily differentiated instruction for nonfiction reading and writing that are precisely tailored to each student’s Lexile® reading level.
- Close Reading Annotation and Coding.
- Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
- LearnZillion: Comprehensive district curricula that includes teacher materials, student materials, assessments, family resources, analytics, and teaching guides to support deep student learning.
- Reading A-Z (K-2): Thousands of downloadable, projectable, and printable teacher materials, covering all the skills necessary for effective reading instruction.
- i-Ready: i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year.
- Xtramath.org: A nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. The goal of XtraMath® is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive, and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities.
Middle School Academic Resources
- Achieve3000: Achieve3000® provides the only patented, cloud-based solutions that deliver daily differentiated instruction for nonfiction reading and writing that are precisely tailored to each student’s Lexile® reading level.
- Epic: (Class Code: zch1761) Epic is the leading digital reading platform—built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books from 250+ of the world’s best publishers—that safely fuels curiosity and reading confidence.
- Close Reading Annotation and Coding
- Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
- LearnZillion: comprehensive district curricula that includes teacher materials, student materials, assessments, family resources, analytics, and teaching guides to support deep student learning.
- Newsela: A relevant and engaging instructional content platform designed to complement your ELA, social studies, and science curriculum.
- Readworks: Content and tools to power learning driven by cognitive science research.
- i-Ready: i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year.
- Xtramath.org: a nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. The goal of XtraMath® is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive, and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities.
Common Acronyms in Public Education
- SST - Student Success Team - A team of educators and parents who come together to develop a plan to support a student in various academic or behavior concerns as it relates to school performance and success
- RTI - Response to Intervention - RTI aims to identify students who are struggling in school. It uses targeted teaching to help them catch up. An important part of RTI is measuring progress and providing more support to kids who need it.
- IEP - Individualized Education Program. The purpose of an IEP is to lay out the special education instruction, supports, and services a student needs to thrive in school.
- ELAC - English Language Advisory Committee - The English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) is a group of elected parents of English Learners that meet on a regular basis. The purpose of ELAC is to advise the principal and school staff on programs and services for English Learners.
- ELD - English Language Development - Program to improve level of academic English.
- ELPAC - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California
- LCAP - Local Control and Accountability Plan - The LCAP is a plan that describes the goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities.
- CAASPP - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
- SBAC - Smarter Balanced Assessments of California