Using CCSS with Special Populations
While the standards set grade-specific goals, they do not define how the standards should be taught or which materials should be used to support students. DPI recognizes that there needs to be a range of supports in place to ensure that all students, including those with special needs and English language learners, can master the standards. Below are a few resources that can help guide choosing supports with special populations.
English Language Learners
- A webinar co-facilitated by members of WIDA (World Class Instructional Design and Assessment) and DPI: Designing Instruction for Attending to Students’ Explicit Academic Language Needs
- Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners published by CCSSO and National Governors Association
- English Language Learners and the Common Core State Standards published by Achieve
- The Common Core State Standards and English Learners published by Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Framework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards corresponding to the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards published by CCSSO