Common Core Essential Elements Mathematics

Department of Public Instruction Staff 
 
Sandy Berndt 
Cognitive Disabilities/Assessment Consultant, Retired 
Special Education Team 
 
Kristen Burton 
Education Consultant 
Office of Educational Accountability 
 
 
 
Erin Faasuamalie 
Cognitive Disabilities/Assessment Consultant 
Special Education Team 
 
Diana Kasbaum 
Mathematics Consultant 
Content and Learning Team 
 
Eva Kubinski 
Improvement Indicators/Assessment Consultant 
Special Education Team 
 
Brian Johnson 
Autism/Assessment Consultant 
Special Education Team 
 
 
 
 
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assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards.  A special thanks to Edvantia, Inc. 
 
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COMMON CORE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS for MATHEMATICS 
 
 
VII
Acknowledgements 
(cont’d)
A special thanks to the Council of Chief State School Officers and the 
National Governors Association for having the vision to undertake the 
massive state-led project, the Common Core State Standards.
Thanks to Great Lakes West Comprehensive Center and Director Linda 
Miller for the generous support of Wisconsin’s standards projects, and to 
Rachel Trimble and Beth Ratway for their guidance during the last year. 
Thanks also to the CESA Statewide Network and Commissioner Jesse 
Harness for partnering to keep the CCSS message consistent statewide, 
and to the CESA School Improvement Specialists Network for their 
role in producing and providing high quality professional development 
statewide.
Also thanks to the many staff members across divisions and teams at 
DPI who have collaboratively contributed their time and talent to this 
project. 
Finally, a special thanks to Wisconsin educators and citizens who 
provided public comment and feedback to drafts of the Common Core 
State Standards, served on statewide standards leadership groups, and 
supported implementation of standards. 
Purpose of the Document
Sections I, 2 and 4 of this document were developed by Wisconsin 
educators to provide the vision and principles that support Wisconsin’s 
Approach to Academic Standards.  These principles, although initially 
developed for the CCSS, can be applied to the CCEEs and instructional 
practices of educators of students with significant cognitive disabilities. 
To assist Wisconsin education stakeholders in understanding and imple-
menting the