Curriculum
General
Common Core Standards (opens in new tab)
English Language Arts
Content Area Literacy (opens in new tab)
MDE – ELA Cross Walk 9-12 (opens in new tab)
MAISA is hosting the ELA Career and College Readiness Standards Project. Each grade level K-11 has at least one unit developed for teachers to explore and use.
ELA MAISA Project Site: More has been done with writing than with reading to date.
MAISA Career and College Readiness Standards Project (opens in new tab)
Math
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Live Binders contains the standards, the unpacked standards, tasks, resources, planning, questioning strategies, classroom videos, common misunderstandings and more.
Live Binders (opens in new tab)
Math MAISA Project Site: Partially completed, certain units and assessment materials.
MAISA is also hosting the Math Career and College Readiness Standards Project. Each grade level K-11 has at least one unit developed for teachers to explore and use. Many include sample lessons, resources, and assessments.
MAISA Career and College Readiness Standards Project (opens in new tab)
Instruction
Center on Instruction (opens in new tab) Your Source for Information on Research-based Instruction
EduPaths (opens in new tab): EduPaths helps educators navigate their professional growth, further their knowledge, and improve their instructional practices.
What Works Clearinghouse (opens in new tab): The WWC Practice Guides provide educators with the best research evidence available, combine expert panel knowledge with rigorous research findings, and offer specific recommendations to address educational challenges.
Science
Next Generation Science Standards (opens in new tab)
Read and search the Next Generation Science Standards: Discover various ways the student performance expectations (PEs) can be arranged, including by Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) or topic arrangements. The standards can also be filtered by grade, the three dimensions, or science disciplines. Also, download complete PDFs of the academic standards.
Instruction and Assessment Supports (opens in new tab)
Looking for resources to better understand the implications of the NGSS on classroom instruction? Explore the resources in this section to help unpack the standards and understand what the performance expectations mean for instruction and assessment.
Social Studies
MI Open Books have been written and created by Michigan teachers as part of the TRIG grant and current titles and revisions include:
3rd Grade Michigan Studies (opens in new tab)
4th Grade United States Studies (opens in new tab)
5th Grade United States History (opens in new tab)
6th Grade World Geography (opens in new tab)
7th Grade Ancient World History (opens in new tab)
8th Grade United States History (opens in new tab)
High School U.S. History (opens in new tab)
Economics and You (opens in new tab)
Michigan Open Books Project (opens in new tab) Learn about the Open Books project, the inquiries that drive them, and even grab a sneak preview of the books themselves (hover over "The Books" in the menu at the top of the web page to pull up a specific grade level).
Assessment
SAT and PSAT Information and Resources
In June 2015, members of GELN convened a task force of stakeholders from Michigan educational organizations to collect and create resources supporting administrators, teachers, counselors, students, and parents with implementation of the revised SAT. The SAT Task Force continues to develop resources for educators. The documents below link to source sites where you will find what you need to prepare for success.
MAISA SAT Resources (opens in new tab)
NWEA Home
NWEA is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency—and provide insights to help tailor instruction. For 40 years, NWEA has developed Pre-K–12 assessments and professional learning offerings to help advance all students along their optimal learning paths. Its tools are trusted by educators in more than 9,500 schools, districts, and education agencies in 145 countries. The MAP® Suite is an assessment system that’s all about measuring what matters—so you can support growth and skill mastery for every student. This collection of purpose-built measures from NWEA illuminates every student’s learning needs, helping teachers to target instruction and administrators to make well-informed system-wide decisions.
NWEA The MAP Suite (opens in new tab)
NWEA Resource Library (opens in new tab)
A Smarter Balanced Assessment System
Using the Digital Library, teachers can access resources to support student learning. Teachers can also use optional and flexible interim tests to check student progress throughout the year. Summative, or end-of-year tests, measure student achievement and growth in English and math in grades 3–8 and high school.
Learn about the Smarter Balanced Assessment System (opens in new tab)
Michigan Assessment Consortium
The Michigan Assessment Consortium (MAC) is a professional association of educators who believe quality education depends on accurate, balanced, and meaningful assessment. A nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, the MAC provides leadership and services to advance high-quality balanced assessment practices and systems.
Michigan Assessment Consortium (opens in new tab)
MAC's Assessment Learning Modules (opens in new tab)
MAC's Common Assessment Development Modules (opens in new tab)