The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of grade-specific skills and concepts that all students are expected to acquire in grades K–12 so that they are prepared to succeed in college course work and workforce training programs.
Official Website for the Common Core State Standards - official site with in-depth explanation of how the common core is set up in addition to resources for parents, educators and the general public about each state's common core standard.
Top Ten Things Parents Should know about the Common Core - pdf outlining some facts that parents need to know about the common core state standards.
How Do CCSS Apply to Students With Hearing Loss
CCSS define the knowledge and skills that all students should acquire to be successful after high school graduation. To participate in the general education curriculum, students with hearing loss need individualized supports and services that enable them to achieve the same high standards required of their peers without hearing loss. These supports and services may include instructional and classroom modifications and accommodations (including sophisticated personal and classroom technology) to ensure access to classroom instruction. Students with hearing loss often also require related services in areas of speaking and listening, language, communication, reading, social, and self-advocacy skills. Linking Individualized Education Program (IEP) activities to content standards helps ensure students with hearing loss have opportunities to reinforce the CCSS addressed in their classrooms.
Instructional and Classroom Supports and Services for Students With Hearing LossDetermining services, placements, and accommodations for students with hearing loss requires a comprehensive review of students' needs. Examples of the areas the IEP team should consider include:
Step 1: Consider the grade-level content standards for the grade in which the student is enrolled or would be enrolled based on age.
Step 2: Examine classroom and student data to determine where the student functions in relation to grade-level standards.
Step 3: Develop the present level of academic achievement and functional performance.
Step 4: Develop measurable annual goals aligned with grade-level academic content standards.
Step 5: Assess and report the student's progress throughout the year.
Step 6: Identify specially designed instruction, including accommodations and/or modifications, the student needs to access and progress in the general education curriculum.
Step 7: Determine the most appropriate assessment option.
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Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Students With Hearing Loss: Important Role for Educational Audiologists (2015, January 21). Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/aud/Common-Core-State-Standards-and-Students-With-Hearing-Loss/
Official Website for the Common Core State Standards - official site with in-depth explanation of how the common core is set up in addition to resources for parents, educators and the general public about each state's common core standard.
Top Ten Things Parents Should know about the Common Core - pdf outlining some facts that parents need to know about the common core state standards.
How Do CCSS Apply to Students With Hearing Loss
CCSS define the knowledge and skills that all students should acquire to be successful after high school graduation. To participate in the general education curriculum, students with hearing loss need individualized supports and services that enable them to achieve the same high standards required of their peers without hearing loss. These supports and services may include instructional and classroom modifications and accommodations (including sophisticated personal and classroom technology) to ensure access to classroom instruction. Students with hearing loss often also require related services in areas of speaking and listening, language, communication, reading, social, and self-advocacy skills. Linking Individualized Education Program (IEP) activities to content standards helps ensure students with hearing loss have opportunities to reinforce the CCSS addressed in their classrooms.
Instructional and Classroom Supports and Services for Students With Hearing LossDetermining services, placements, and accommodations for students with hearing loss requires a comprehensive review of students' needs. Examples of the areas the IEP team should consider include:
- need for related services and supports (e.g., speech-language, educational audiology, English language learning, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling, parent training)
- language level
- communication mode (e.g., signed English, spoken English, American Sign Language)
- personal hearing technology (e.g., hearing aids, cochlear implants)
- need for other hearing assistive technology (e.g., FM system, classroom distribution system)
- need for interpreter services
- classroom environment (e.g., acoustics, size, lighting)
- instructional accommodations (e.g., teacher speaking style, language models, use of visual information, classroom technology)
Step 1: Consider the grade-level content standards for the grade in which the student is enrolled or would be enrolled based on age.
Step 2: Examine classroom and student data to determine where the student functions in relation to grade-level standards.
Step 3: Develop the present level of academic achievement and functional performance.
Step 4: Develop measurable annual goals aligned with grade-level academic content standards.
Step 5: Assess and report the student's progress throughout the year.
Step 6: Identify specially designed instruction, including accommodations and/or modifications, the student needs to access and progress in the general education curriculum.
Step 7: Determine the most appropriate assessment option.
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Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Students With Hearing Loss: Important Role for Educational Audiologists (2015, January 21). Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/aud/Common-Core-State-Standards-and-Students-With-Hearing-Loss/