California adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in August 2010, and state and local leaders are now fully engaged in the implementation process. Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) has organized this conference to review the current state of CCSS implementation in California, what we have learned, and what challenges we will have to face as we move forward. The conference will feature presentations from state officials who are guiding the implementation effort from Sacramento, local leaders who are wrestling with the challenge of implementing CCSS in their schools and classrooms, and researchers who are monitoring the progress of CCSS in schools and districts across California. Presentations will be organized around two main questions:

1. How are local educators managing the challenge of CCSS implementation in association with the implementation of LCFF and the development of LCAPs?
2. Is CCSS implementation on track to deliver the kinds of improved instruction and deeper learning that were promised when the new standards were adopted?

The conference program will include representatives from the California Department of Education, the State Board of Education, the Legislature, the California Teachers Association, and the California Charter Schools Association, along with administrators and teacher leaders from selected school districts and County Offices of Education. The program will also feature preliminary research findings from studies of CCSS implementation conducted by PACE, the California Collaborative for District Reform, the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy, Education Trust-West, and others.