Our goal is to ensure learning for all students. Ensuring learning means that all students are showing evidence of progress in the essential skills and concepts found in the Iowa Core. Two key questions are, "What do we want all students to learn, know, and be able to do?" and "How will we know they have learned it?" This page focuses on the first question.
The Iowa Core identifies precisely what we want all students to learn, know, and be able to do from kindergarten through 12th grade in math, science, English language arts and social studies. The Iowa Core also sets learning goals for 21st Century skills in areas such as financial and technological literacy. The Iowa Core is a set of common expectations for school districts across the state. It is not a curriculum, so decisions about how to help students meet learning goals remain in the hands of local schools and teachers.
Some useful websites include
- Iowa Core Parent Guides -The Iowa Core Parent Guides, in English and Spanish, were developed to provide an overview of what students will learn by the end of each grade level as directed by the Iowa Core, our statewide academic standards.
A guide was developed for each grade level kindergarten through grade 8 and one for high school students. Guides include a brief overview of what will be learned in each subject area of the Iowa Core, examples of what your child's work at school may look like, and and examples of how you can help your child at home.
- Iowa Core Financial Literacy Support (a 21st Century Skill in the Iowa Core)
- Iowa Core Health Education Support (a 21st Century Skill in the Iowa Core)
- Iowa Core Mathematics Support
- Iowa Reading Research Center
- Iowa Core Science Support
- Iowa Core Social Studies Support
- Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (Note: the Iowa Core Science Standards are based on the performance expectations from the NGSS). The NGSS has released Parent Guides in Spanish.
- Iowa ASCD continues to develop a curated and annotated list of useful web resources that support the Iowa Core, 21st Century Skills, and Depth of Knowledge.
IowaLearns is a digital repository of teaching and learning resources. The repository provides an environment for educators and students to search for, use and share quality educational resources. The majority of the resources are open to everyone, some resources are licensed only for Iowa educators and students. Educators can access licensed material by logging into IowaLearns.org using their Iowa AEA Online building Username/Password information. Note: Educators, you will need to add a "dr" in front of your Iowa AEA Online Password
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