Common Core State Standards and Students with Disabilities

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Common Core State Standards and Students with Disabilities

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy are the foundation of the K–12 Oregon Diploma for all students. The CCSS mathematics and ELA standards are defined by six shifts that focus instruction and four claims that describe what students should know and be able to do. The CCSS include reading and writing standards customized for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.

The documents on these pages provide all educators with resources that focus on the differentiated instruction of students with special needs. Educators should continue to reference the resources available on other CCSS pages for content-specific information.

Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities and Diverse Learners

Students with diverse needs must be challenged to excel within the general curriculum and be prepared for success in their post-school lives. The implementation of the CCSS provides an historic opportunity to improve access to rigorous academic content standards for students with diverse needs.

	Special Education Informational Documents		Presentations
	Common Core State Standards: What Special Educators Need to Know This brief from the Council of Exceptional Children discusses the impact of the CCSS on special education and the challenges in implementing CCSS for students with disabilities.		Considerations for Students with Disabilities This presentation provides program information and considerations regarding CCSS implementation for students with disabilities.
	Application to Students with Disabilities Two page brief from the Common Core State Standards Initiative web site.
	Implications for Students Receiving Special Education Services This white paper from the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) discusses how the CCSS can meet the needs of all students.
	Promoting a culture of high expectations for all students is a fundamental goal of the CCSS. To ensure that students with disabilities participate with success in the general curriculum, meet high academic standards, and fully demonstrate conceptual and procedural knowledge and skills, students with diverse needs, as appropriate, may be provided with additional supports and services.
	Instructional Supports for Learning Instructional supports for learning based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) foster student engagement by presenting information in multiple ways and allowing for diverse avenues of action and expression. The principles of UDL promote equal opportunities to learn for all students.
	National Center on Universal Design for Learning
	About UDL
	Three Principles of UDL
	Resource Library
	Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
	About UDL
	Educators Learning & Practicing UDL
	Learning Tools
	Georgia Department of Education
	UDL Training Video with Handouts: Part 1
	UDL Training Video with Handouts: Part 2
	UDL Technology Toolkit - Kentucky Department of Education
	Instructional Accommodations Instructional accommodations are supports that maximize learning. These supports consist of strategies that consider each individual student’s unique strengths, needs, and learning preferences within the classroom environment. Accommodations change materials and procedures allowing students to learn within the framework of the CCSS, but do not change the standards.
	National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
	About Accommodations
	Publications & Resources
	Oregon's Accommodations Manual
	Assistive Technology Assistive technology (AT) devices and services, along with accessible instructional materials (AIM), ensure access to the general education curriculum and the CCSS for all students.
	National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
	The Purchase Accessible Learning Materials (PALM) Initiative
	About AIM
	AIM Teaching and Training Resources
	Accessibility Resources
	AIM Resources for Teachers
	AIM Resources for District Administrators
	AIM Resources for Parents
	Oregon AIM and AT Resources