Emerging standards: PARCC, one of the two groups working on "frameworks" based on the Common Core, is looking for feedback on its work. Translation: they're pulling out the "big ideas" in the literacy and math Common Core standards and trying to figure out how to assess them. If your product measures "progress" and wants to be "aligned with the Common Core," take a peek at this approach to assessment and weigh in here. (Hint: you have to take the assessment to see the framework!)