Committed to the CoreReady to help you make the transition

to Common Core State Standards

Committed to the CoreReady to help you make the transition

to Common Core State Standards

Committed to the CoreODYSSEYWARE Prepares Today’s Learners for Tomorrow’s

Challenges

Public education in America is poised for a fundamental change that will transform the way that teachers teach, and students learn. With the adoption of the Common

Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics by all but five states, school districts across the country are rethinking, retraining, and restructuring to

ensure successful implementation by 2014.

Creating these standards is a huge accomplishment. Transforming them from words to meaningful improvements for students and teachers is the next vital step in the process.

Properly implemented, CCSS have the potential to:

Ensure every student has access to a rigorous, high quality education

Provide academic consistency from school to school and state to state

Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills

Prepare students for a global economy and society

ODYSSEYWARE Prepares Today’s Learners for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Public education in America is poised for a fundamental change that will transform the way that teachers teach, and students learn. With the adoption of the Common

Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics by all but five states, school districts across the country are rethinking, retraining, and restructuring to

ensure successful implementation by 2014.

Creating these standards is a huge accomplishment. Transforming them from words to meaningful improvements for students and teachers is the next vital step in the process.

Properly implemented, CCSS have the potential to:

Ensure every student has access to a rigorous, high quality education

Provide academic consistency from school to school and state to state

Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills

Prepare students for a global economy and society

Committed to the Core

These new standards not only form the essential framework to meet the goals of the Common Core, but empower educators to think and teach in a new way. Through purposeful and strategic instruction, teachers are encouraged to put the student at the center of the learning program to support differentiation, and college and career readiness.

As your online curriculum provider, ODYSSEYWARE is committed to the Core, to helping you make a smooth transition with curriculum that is correlated to the Common Core, and is easy-to-adapt to meet the needs of individual students, your school, and your district.

We are releasing new resources this fall that support your shift to a learning model focused on direct engagement, the development of digital skills, and alignment to the Common Core. When added to ODYSSEYWARE’s next generation learning environment, these new features, plus the addition of 23 CTE courses, support schools’ transition, and ultimately, student success.

“”

The Common Core standards finally make real the promise of American

public education to expect the best of all our schoolchildren.

- Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools.

These new standards not only form the essential framework to meet the goals of the Common Core, but empower educators to think and teach in a new way. Through purposeful and strategic instruction, teachers are encouraged to put the student at the center of the learning program to support differentiation, and college and career readiness.

As your online curriculum provider, ODYSSEYWARE is committed to the Core, to helping you make a smooth transition with curriculum that is correlated to the Common Core, and is easy-to-adapt to meet the needs of individual students, your school, and your district.

We are releasing new resources this fall that support your shift to a learning model focused on direct engagement, the development of digital skills, and alignment to the Common Core. When added to ODYSSEYWARE’s next generation learning environment, these new features, plus the addition of 23 CTE courses, support schools’ transition, and ultimately, student success.

“”

The Common Core standards finally make real the promise of American

public education to expect the best of all our schoolchildren.

- Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools.

At the Core of English Language Arts (ELA):Comprehension, Complexity, and Purpose

Effective communication in the 21st century requires new skills and a thorough understanding of the way human beings impact

and are affected by the ubiquitous presence of media. At the core, fundamental language skills are essential for success.

The Common Core State Standards are benchmarks that ensure America’s young people are college and career ready in reading,

writing, speaking, listening, and language and exhibit the following proficiencies.

They demonstrate independence

They build strong content knowledge

They respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline

They comprehend as well as critique

They value evidence

They use technology and digital media strategically and capably

They come to understand other perspectives and cultures

ODYSSEYWARE curriculum supports ELA literacy and math mastery with rigorous online courses correlated to the Common Core. In addition, we are pleased to provide new teaching and learning resources that are an ideal fit for the 21st century classroom.

At the Core of English Language Arts (ELA):Comprehension, Complexity, and Purpose

Effective communication in the 21st century requires new skills and a thorough understanding of the way human beings impact

and are affected by the ubiquitous presence of media. At the core, fundamental language skills are essential for success.

The Common Core State Standards are benchmarks that ensure America’s young people are college and career ready in reading,

writing, speaking, listening, and language and exhibit the following proficiencies.

They demonstrate independence

They build strong content knowledge

They respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline

They comprehend as well as critique

They value evidence

They use technology and digital media strategically and capably

They come to understand other perspectives and cultures

ODYSSEYWARE curriculum supports ELA literacy and math mastery with rigorous online courses correlated to the Common Core. In addition, we are pleased to provide new teaching and learning resources that are an ideal fit for the 21st century classroom.

At the Core of Mathematics:Focus and CoherenceOver the last decade it has become clear that in order to compete in a global society, American students must receive math instruction that is more focused and coherent. The Common Core Mathematics Standards provide teachers with benchmarks to improve the way they teach, and ultimately, improve the way students learn.

These new math standards stress conceptual understanding of key ideas, organizing principles, and procedural skill to ensure preparedness for college and career success. With a commitment to implementation and ongoing assessment of these Common Core Mathematics Standards, can we level the playing field for America’s young people by ensuring they achieve mastery of mathematical practices:

They make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

They reason abstractly and quantitatively

They attend to precision

They construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

They model with math

They use appropriate tools strategically

They look for and make sense of structure

They look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Committed to Student Success

At the Core of Mathematics:Focus and CoherenceOver the last decade it has become clear that in order to compete in a global society, American students must receive math instruction that is more focused and coherent. The Common Core Mathematics Standards provide teachers with benchmarks to improve the way they teach, and ultimately, improve the way students learn.

These new math standards stress conceptual understanding of key ideas, organizing principles, and procedural skill to ensure preparedness for college and career success. With a commitment to implementation and ongoing assessment of these Common Core Mathematics Standards, can we level the playing field for America’s young people by ensuring they achieve mastery of mathematical practices:

They make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

They reason abstractly and quantitatively

They attend to precision

They construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

They model with math

They use appropriate tools strategically

They look for and make sense of structure

They look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Committed to Student Success

Accurate scoring with proven indices

Provides instant feed back

Examines various writing criteria

Encourages practice

Improves teacher eff iciency

ODY SSEY WARE

Enables targeted teaching

Prescriptive Diagnostics and Remediation

This new set of assessment and instructional materials support the Common Core with tools to help teachers identify student competency levels and provide supplemental instruction for targeted skills remediation and practice. With SPARC, educators can target Common Core skills and content with which their students are struggling, and provide prescribed instruction to bridge gaps in multiple ways.

Assessment-driven to identify gaps in learning

Vocabulary-intensive for student understanding and preparation for assessment

Media-rich to engage students with DLAs, audio, video, illustrations, and animation

Skills-focused with emphasis on one skill per lesson

Mastery-based ensuring students master a specific Common Core skill and concept

Multi-purpose allowing for supplemental teaching and learning

ODYSSEYWARE SPARC:

Diagnostic, Skill-building Writing Instruction

This next-generation web-based tool is aligned with Common Core English Language Arts Writing Standards and scoring rubrics. With ODYSSEYWARE

Writer, teachers can create, assign, and accurately score student writing on any topic. As an added benefit, this tool also enables documentation of student

growth and differentiation of instruction.

Applies six proven writing analysis indices for accurate scoring

Examines topic consistency, grammar, spelling, and word count

Provides instant feedback, encouraging students to revisit and revise

Encourages practice

Enables targeted, student-specific instruction by teachers

Improves teacher efficiency

ODYSSEYWARE Writer: Accurate scoring with proven indices

Provides instant feed back

Examines various writing criteria

Encourages practice

Improves teacher eff iciency

ODY SSEY WARE

Enables targeted teaching

Prescriptive Diagnostics and Remediation

This new set of assessment and instructional materials support the Common Core with tools to help teachers identify student competency levels and provide supplemental instruction for targeted skills remediation and practice. With SPARC, educators can target Common Core skills and content with which their students are struggling, and provide prescribed instruction to bridge gaps in multiple ways.

Assessment-driven to identify gaps in learning

Vocabulary-intensive for student understanding and preparation for assessment

Media-rich to engage students with DLAs, audio, video, illustrations, and animation

Skills-focused with emphasis on one skill per lesson

Mastery-based ensuring students master a specific Common Core skill and concept

Multi-purpose allowing for supplemental teaching and learning

ODYSSEYWARE SPARC:

Diagnostic, Skill-building Writing Instruction

This next-generation web-based tool is aligned with Common Core English Language Arts Writing Standards and scoring rubrics. With ODYSSEYWARE

Writer, teachers can create, assign, and accurately score student writing on any topic. As an added benefit, this tool also enables documentation of student

growth and differentiation of instruction.

Applies six proven writing analysis indices for accurate scoring

Examines topic consistency, grammar, spelling, and word count

Provides instant feedback, encouraging students to revisit and revise

Encourages practice

Enables targeted, student-specific instruction by teachers

Improves teacher efficiency

ODYSSEYWARE Writer:

Readiness-focused Instruction

As part of a nationwide education initiative, CTE is designed to link what students learn in school with knowledge and skills they will need for success in college and careers. By providing core academic skills, employability skills, and job-specific technical skills, students will be better prepared to step into the workforce or post-secondary education after graduation.

At ODYSSEYWARE, we believe every student can and should have the

opportunity to build his own bright future. As more schools across the

country expand their CTE programs, we are pleased to announce 22

new courses that fit perfectly into the Business Administration, Health

Sciences, and Hospitality and Tourism Career Clusters.

Career & Technical Education (CTE):

While academics may have changed, and will continue to evolve, ODYSSEYWARE’s commitment to student success holds firm. With flexibility built into our learning program,

teachers can adapt lessons and courses to empower student-centered learning and direct engagement – key factors in Common Core success.

ODYSSEYWARE is dedicated to creating innovative next-generation tools–like SPARC and Writer to support teachers and improve student outcomes. We still believe that given the right

tools and the right teachers, every student can master the Common Core.

Readiness-focused Instruction

As part of a nationwide education initiative, CTE is designed to link what students learn in school with knowledge and skills they will need for success in college and careers. By providing core academic skills, employability skills, and job-specific technical skills, students will be better prepared to step into the workforce or post-secondary education after graduation.

At ODYSSEYWARE, we believe every student can and should have the

opportunity to build his own bright future. As more schools across the

country expand their CTE programs, we are pleased to announce 22

new courses that fit perfectly into the Business Administration, Health

Sciences, and Hospitality and Tourism Career Clusters.

Career & Technical Education (CTE):

While academics may have changed, and will continue to evolve, ODYSSEYWARE’s commitment to student success holds firm. With flexibility built into our learning program,

teachers can adapt lessons and courses to empower student-centered learning and direct engagement – key factors in Common Core success.

ODYSSEYWARE is dedicated to creating innovative next-generation tools–like SPARC and Writer to support teachers and improve student outcomes. We still believe that given the right

tools and the right teachers, every student can master the Common Core.

Providing effective 21st century curriculum is what we do, but without quality teachers dedicated to improving education in America and trained to work within the parameters of the Common Core, our mission cannot be accomplished.

The following is a list of helpful websites that answer many of the questions educators have about the Common Core State Standards Initiative. We encourage you to take advantage of the information available online to help you integrate CCSS into your learning program and successfully navigate the crosswalks to implementation.

America’s students are depending on us.

Common Core State Standards Resources and Information

CCSS Resources and Information: (Also Available at http://info.odysseyware.com/core)

Common Core State Standards Initiative http://www.corestandards.org/

Academic Benchmarks http://www.academicbenchmarks.com/common-corner

Next Generation Science Standards http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

Common Core Classroom Project: America Achieves http://commoncore.americaachieves.org/

Hunt Foundation Common Core Video Series http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute?feature=BF

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools:

http://www.achievethecore.org/downloads/E0702_Description_of_the_Common_Core_Shifts.pdf

http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools/professional-development-modules

Thomas B. Fordham Institute http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2010/201010_nowwhat/Now%20What%20-%20Oct%202010.pdf

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers http://www.parcconline.org/

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/common-core-state-standards-resources

Providing effective 21st century curriculum is what we do, but without quality teachers dedicated to improving education in America and trained to work within the parameters of the Common Core, our mission cannot be accomplished.

The following is a list of helpful websites that answer many of the questions educators have about the Common Core State Standards Initiative. We encourage you to take advantage of the information available online to help you integrate CCSS into your learning program and successfully navigate the crosswalks to implementation.

America’s students are depending on us.

Common Core State Standards Resources and Information

CCSS Resources and Information: (Also Available at http://info.odysseyware.com/core)

Common Core State Standards Initiative http://www.corestandards.org/

Academic Benchmarks http://www.academicbenchmarks.com/common-corner

Next Generation Science Standards http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

Common Core Classroom Project: America Achieves http://commoncore.americaachieves.org/

Hunt Foundation Common Core Video Series http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute?feature=BF

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools:

http://www.achievethecore.org/downloads/E0702_Description_of_the_Common_Core_Shifts.pdf

http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools/professional-development-modules

Thomas B. Fordham Institute http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2010/201010_nowwhat/Now%20What%20-%20Oct%202010.pdf

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers http://www.parcconline.org/

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/common-core-state-standards-resources

For more information on ODYSSEYWARE’s next generation learning system and questions about CCSS implementation, call 877.795.8904. Visit us online at www.odysseyware.com.