Preparing for Change - A National Perspective On Common Core State Standards Implementation Planning
Education First/Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.

Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have adopted the common core standards, but only seven have fully developed plans to put the standards into practice. Relating story. (Januaruy 2012) 

Assessment Consortium Releases Math Content Specifications
Education Week

The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium has released its content specifications in math. With that move, the group has now issued drafts of what it believes are the types of evidence of learning that students will have to demonstrate to show they've mastered the common standards in math and English language arts. (August 2011)

Content Specifications with Content Mapping for the Summative Assessment of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium

A new set of documents edges closer to offering a vision of how the common academic standards might look in the classroom and on tests. Relating story. (August 2011)

Content Frameworks
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

Here are the new content frameworks in English/language arts. (August 2011)

States' Progress and Challenges in Implementing Common Core State Standards
Center on Education Policy

This report is the result of a CEP survey of state officials about their efforts to adopt and implement the Common Core State Standards in reading and math. (January 2011)