PROGRAMS & SERVICES:
CURRICULUM & ASSESSMENT
(Updated 2/4/13)

Content Area Resources
For resources related to specific content areas (e.g., grade expectations, etc.), use the following links:

• Arts
• Enrichment
• Health Education
• History & Social Sciences
• Information Technology
• Literacy (Reading & Writing)
• Mathematics
• Non-native (World) Languages
• Physical Education
• Science

Ready, Set, Go!--Discovering Your Path to College and Career Readiness Video Contest
The new global economy offers great opportunities for those students who have the knowledge and skills to take advantage of it. To ensure that all students have the 21st century skills necessary to be successful in college and in the workplace, Vermont and forty-two other states and territories are developing new educational standards that will help prepare students to compete in a rapidly changing world.

This fall, the Vermont Agency of Education is announcing a video contest, “Ready, Set, Go!--Discovering Your Path to College and Career Readiness,” for students in grades 7 through 12. This is a wonderful opportunity for students, individually or in teams, to share their thoughts about the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in college and careers in the 21st Century. More details coming soon, so stay tuned!

Common Core State Standards Implementation Plan and Information PDF
This document provides an informational presentation that communicates current understanding of the Common Core and outlines first steps and considerations in implementing the Common Core in Vermont. In addition to the presentation, this document also includes a transition timeline, and an implementation plan that has been used to orient the Common Core Policy Group, the Common Core Implementation Committee, and the Vermont Professional Learning Network (VPDN) leaders to their roles in the implementation plan.

Common Core State Standards Event/Course WORD
If you have an upcoming professional learning opportunity that you would like posted on the VE2 Common Core calendar, please download and fill out the Event/Course Form and send it to Lucille Chicoine at lucille.chicoine@state.vt.us. She will post the information on the calendar that can be found by going to the VE2 homepage. Please help us to populate this calendar with Common Core events that are happening around the state.

Common Core Standards for Mathematics & English Language Arts FAQ PDF
The agency has been receiving many questions about the newly finalized Common Core State Standards (CC). These questions have been compiled into a FAQ document with the information that is known at this time. This update provides a new timeline for the adoption of the Common Core State Standards and additional information about the impact of the CC on curriculum and our current assessments. Additions are highlighted in "purple".

• 31-State Consortium Awarded Race to the Top (RTTT) Assessment Grant PDF
  The 31-state (which includes Vermont) SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium was awarded a four-year $160 million RTTT assessment grant by the U.S. Department of Education to develop a student assessment system aligned to a common core of academic standards.

Local Assessment in the School Quality Standards
The following documents provide initial guidance and resources to help schools plan and implement their comprehensive local assessment systems. Use this link to view the following documents:

• Guidance Memorandum
• Core Principles of High Quality Local Assessment Systems
• Self-Assessment Planning Guide for High-Quality Local Assessment Systems
  

Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
The Framework identifies the essential knowledge and skills to be taught and learned in schools. NOTE: Both the Word and PDF versions of this document now include the revised science standard 7:16.

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