News Briefs

Boser U. Rosenthal L. (2012, July). Do schools challenge our students? What student surveys tell us about the state of education in the United States. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2012/07/pdf/state_of_education.pdf

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (2012, July). K-8 publishers’ criteria for the common core state standards for mathematics. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Math_Publishers_Criteria_K-8_Summer%202012_FINAL.pdf

Courrégé D. (2012, August). Scholarship program aims to encourage gifted rural students. Education Week, 31(37), 14-15.

Johnsen S. K. Sheffield L. J. (Eds.). (2013). Using the common core state standards for mathematics with gifted and advanced learners. Washington, DC: National Association for Gifted Children.

Lerner L. S. Goodenough U. Lynch J. Schwartz M. Schwartz R. Gross P. R. (2012). The state of state science standards: 2012. Washington, DC: Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). Science 2011: National Assessment of Educational Progress at grade 8. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2011/2012465.pdf

Pellegrino J. W. Duncan G. J. Herman J. L. Honey M. A. Kyllonen P. C. Levin H. M. Hilton M. (2012, July). Education for life and work: Developing transferable knowledge and skills in the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Rothman R. (2012, September/October). The complex matter of text complexity. Harvard Education Letter, 28(5), 1-2, 6.

Russ S. W. Dillon J. A. (2011). Changes in children’s pretend play over two decades. Creativity Research Journal, 23, 330. doi:10.1080/10400419.2011.621824

VanTassel-Baska J. (Ed.). (2013). Using the common core state standards for English language arts with gifted and advanced learners. Washington, DC: National Association for Gifted Children.