Do you wish you could leverage the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to equip all students - not just high achievers - with the higher-level thinking skills they need? This book outlines research-based ACES framework for instructional improvement to help achieve similar results:

• Acceleration rather than remediation
• Critical thinking
• Equity in education for all students
• Support

Provided are practical strategies and standards-based model lessons proven to help close achievement gaps and increase the number of students who complete four-year college programs.