Common Core State Standards Interactive Database: Mathematics
Every year 3.6 million K12 educators within the United States incorporate standards like the common core state standards into their lesson plans to prepare their learners for success. However, the state standards are often difficult to access, browse, read, and implement. Often the greatest burden falls on educators with the least access to tools to make this process simple.
Enter the Common Core State Standards Database
The Common Core State Standards Database is an ambitious project designed to make the Common Core State Standards easier for educators to understand, access, and incorporate into their lesson plans. This free tool is designed to streamline the process of identifying, understanding, and incorporating this valuable resource into lesson planning.
How to use the Common Core State Standards: Mathematics Interactive Database
Follow these instructions for the best possible experience.
Use a desktop computer (although it is available on mobile)
We recommend browsing the interactive database on a desktop computer for the best experience. The tool is also available on mobile, but then you’ll have to get your reading glasses out.Expand to Full Screen
Click the “View larger version” button on the bottom right-hand corner of the database to open a new tab in full screen on your preferred device.Search, Sort, Filter
You may use the tools on the top navigation bar to search for keywords (including grade level, subject, domain, etc). You may also use the filter and sort options to narrow your focus on predetermined categories of interest.Click on a standard to access the full picture
Once you’ve narrowed your search, simply click on the card associated with a standards to view all of the data.
The Common Core State Standards Interactive Database: Mathematics
Having trouble finding the “View Larger Version” button? Use this one instead.
FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions)
Why was the Common Core State Standards Interactive Database created?
How educators currently access the standards:
Although the Common Core Standards are an excellent resource for educators in most parts of the United States (see adoption map below), there are only two major ways for educators to interact with them.
Via their website (http://www.corestandards.org/)
Via the comprehensive PDF (Direct Link to Math Standards PDF)
The Problem(s) with those resources:
Although both of these resources contain a wealth of information, there are three main challenges associated with their use:
Educators must constantly go back and forth between individual web pages or sift through a 93 page document in search of appropriate standards and alignment.
This is why we’ve included every Math standard available in one view.
Niether resource is particularly easy to use from an efficiency perspective.
This is why we’ve included the ability to search, filter, and sort.
Once you’ve narrowed down on a standard using the “search” or “browse” features on the CCSS website (assuming you know how to read them and which one you’re looking for) - you lose the greater context surrounding that standard.
This is why we’ve included the full context for every individual standard. Grade level, domain, cluster, etc.
But, why did Micro-credential Multiverse create this free resource?
There are two main reasons why I decided to launch this project.
First, becoming a professional educator was more than a career for me - it was a calling. To this day I continue to self-identify as an educator; even though I find myself in a lot more Zoom rooms than classrooms. Also, I come from a family of educators so it doesn’t always come down to the “WIIFM” (What’s in it for me).
Second, this is the beginning of a long term project to create a more substantive and powerful tool for professional educators around the world. This database was one tool that I created in persuit of that larger goal and I figured why not open it up to the world. I experienced many challenges with the standards when I was a high school teacher so I know that it will help other educators (especially new ones - which the US needs to desperately support and retain).
Has my state adopted the Common Core Standards?
Forty-one states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have adopted the Common Core State Standards.
Visit the Common Core State Standards website to access the interactive version of this map. There, you can find more information about the process each state or territory followed to adopt their academic standards.
Please note that states routinely review their academic standards and may choose to change or add onto the standards to best meet the needs of their students. The map provides links to the website in each state and territory that provides the most up-to-date information on a state’s specific academic standards.
To learn more and to access this interactive map, visit the Common Core State Standards website.
Standards in Your State Map, via corestandards.org
What’s coming up next?
We have already started the development of an ELA companion for this interactive database, but since there are twice as many ELA standards, it might take a bit.
Unfortunately, the “Interface” that we already created (using Airtable) is not embeddable in a web page. Therefore, we have had to default to embed the database as a “view.” We’ll wait for Airtable to update their software, but we won’t wait forever. In the meantime, we’ll explore other options for making the database more interactive and attractive.
As we mentioned above, this interactive database is one piece of a much larger vision. If you would like to join a small group of educators in a closed beta - we would be delighted to hear from you!
This closed beta group will have invite-only access to a tool that will procedurally generate lesson plans based on one or more state standards! Sign up if you would like to join us in this ambitious attempt to make the state standards more actionable.
Please use the form to let us know what you think of the tool and/or express your interest in joining our closed beta
Feedback Form and Closed Beta Signup
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