The Division of Teaching and Learning’s (TAL) Professional Development Team works to deliver responsive systems of professional learning and high-quality technical support to District LEAs and schools. The team supports a wide range of topics and interventions through professional development, direct LEA/school-based support, the facilitation of communities of practice, and through city-wide convenings.
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Standards & Implementation
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
- Mathematics Focus by Grade Level shows where students and teachers should spend the large majority of their time in order to meet the expectations of the Standards.
- Coherence Map is an interactive map that shows connections between Common Core Standards for Mathematics.
- Early Childhood Math by Young Mathematicians is a website with a collection of counting, number recognition, number sense, patterns, shapes and number path games for learners 3-6 years old. Games include directions, video examples, formative assessment tips and literature connections.
- Guide for Selecting Math Instructional Materials (video) is an overview to support education thought leaders in how to use the What Works Clearinghouse database as a resource when selecting math instructional materials.
- Activities with Rigor & Coherence is a series of lessons compiled by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics that addresses a mathematical topic and demonstrates the vision of Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All.
Assessment
- Results.OSSE.dc.gov is an interactive platform that allows visitors to explore assessment results. On this site, users can view school-, local education agency- (LEA), and DC-level information on DC assessment performance. Users may view ELA and mathematics results, results from DC’s alternate assessment, MSAA, or the combined results by making selections in the data settings.
- The sample PARCC Mathematics score report provides students, families, and educators with more detailed information about where a student did well or needs more support in mathematics. Available in English, Spanish, Amharic, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese (Mandarin), and French.
- Find additional information about OSSE State Assessments.
- Performance Assessment Tasks by Inside Mathematics has a library of formative performance assessment tasks that can be used with students grades 2-12. There are scoring rubrics and student work samples available.
- PARCC Released Test Items and Sample Responses
- Five “Key Strategies” for Effective Formative Assessment
Instructional Materials
- EdReports is a nonprofit organization that provides reports to evaluate curriculum materials
- Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP), Achieve
- Virtual Manipulatives Resource Guide
- 100 Questions to Promote Math Discourse, Curriculum Associates
- Setting Up Positive Norms in Math Class, YouCubed
- Illustrative Mathematics is a library of rigorous math tasks, instructional resources, and illustrations organized by math content and practice standards.
- Putting the Mathematical Practices Into Practice Question Prompts
Distance Learning for Educators
- Desmos provides free digital math materials and online graphing calculators
- Continuous Education Resources for Math Instruction
- Zearn K-5 math curriculum including personalized lessons for individual students, small group lessons, and whole-group activities
- Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating, Student Achievement Partners
- Printable Math Mini Books, Young Mathematicians