Common Core Essential Elements Mathematics

Section 1:  Wisconsin’s Approach to Academic Standards IV
Foreword  
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Acknowledgements 
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Purpose of the Document 
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Aligning for Student Success 
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Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning 
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Reaching Every Student; Reaching Every Discipline  
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Section 2:  Wisconsin’s Approach to Mathematics 
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Section 3: Common Core Essential Elements for  
Mathematics 
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Section 4:  Wisconsin’s Approach to  
Literacy in all Subjects 
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Section 5:  Wisconsin Research and Resources 
Research Briefs for Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning 
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SECTION 1
 
Wisconsin’s Approach 
to Academic Standards

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COMMON CORE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS for MATHEMATICS 
 
 
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Foreword 
In June 2010, Wisconsin adopted the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and 
Mathematics. These K-12 academic standards are aligned with college and work expectations, include rigorous 
content and application, and are internationally benchmarked.  Additionally, the Common Core State Standards 
emphasize literacy in all of the disciplines.  For all students to be career and college ready, including students 
with significant cognitive disabilities, educators should include both the content and the reading and writing 
skills that students need to demonstrate learning in the other disciplinary areas.
All students, including students with significant cognitive disabilities, deserve and have a right to a quality 
educational experience. This right includes, to the maximum extent possible, the opportunity to be involved in 
and meet the same challenging expectations that have been established for all students. Wisconsin educators 
collaborated with educators from 12 other states to create alternate achievement standards aligned to the 
Common Core State Standards.  These alternate achievement standards are called the Wisconsin Common 
Core Essential Elements (CCEEs) in English Language Arts and Mathematics. 
 The CCEEs satisfy the requirement 
of the U.S. Department of Education that Wisconsin have alternate achievement standards for its students 
with significant cognitive disabilities that are clearly linked to grade-level academic content standards, promote 
access to the general curriculum and reflect professional judgment of the highest expectation possible.  
This document is a guide for parents, educators, school personnel, and other community members to support 
their work in teaching students with significant cognitive disabilities the academic skills necessary to succeed 
in life after graduation.
Tony Evers, PhD 
State Superintendent

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COMMON CORE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS for MATHEMATICS 
 
 
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Acknowledgements