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Louisiana Teachers Think About and Implement State Standards Differently from Teachers in Other States

• Compared with teachers in other states, more Louisiana teachers regularly used or consulted standards-aligned instructional resources.
• Louisiana teachers demonstrated a more accurate understanding of approaches and practices aligned with CCSS for ELA compared with teachers in other SACC states.
• Compared with math teachers in other SACC states, more math teachers in Louisiana identified the CCSS-aligned math topics for their grade levels.
• Compared with teachers in other SACC states, Louisiana ELA teachers were more likely to report that their students engaged in some practices aligned with CCSS, including more text-centered practices.
• Secondary math teachers in Louisiana were more likely than those in other SACC states to engage students in some Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice.

The Louisiana State Department of Education Has Created a Coherent Environment for Instruction

• Our interviews and document analysis suggest that the Louisiana State Department of Education has relied on the following three main strategies to support teachers' implementation of state standards: a coherent academic strategy focused on integration, alignment, and quality among systems supporting standards; transparent and regular communication about academics within the state department and across layers of the education system; and strong support for local decisionmaking and ownership of change by districts and teachers.