This link to the Common Core State Standards Initiative website provides an overview on applying the common core standards to English language learners.

This link to the Common Core State Standards Initiative website provides an overview on applying the common core standards to students with disabilities.

This link to the Council for Exceptional Children's website provides an article addressing what special educators need to know about the Common Core State Standards.

This link to the Colorin Colorado website provides information about the Common Core State Standards Initiative and English language learners.

This link to the National Association of Gifted Children website provides information on gifted children and the Common Core State Standards.

This link is to a Stanford University School of Education news release announcing the launch of a national initiative to help English language learners (ELLs) meet the Common Core State Standards in language arts and mathematics, and the future standards in science education. The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are jointly funding the work.

This Center for Applied Linguistics presentation explains how the Common Core State Standards are important to English language learners.

As noted at the Center on Instruction website, "this resource provides an overview of strategy instruction including practical examples of utilizing strategy instruction across various disciplines and content areas such as reading, writing, and math. It also provides useful references to learn more in-depth information about each of the strategies presented." Further, it "can facilitate the strengthening of instruction in all content areas for implementation of the College and Career Ready Standards (including Common Core State Standards) for struggling students and students with disabilities by teaching them to use the same tools and techniques used by efficient learners to understand and learn new material or skills."