The CREC Curriculum and Assessment Consortium (CAC) is a regional partnership of districts working to create rigorous, teacher-designed resources for PreK-12 including: learning activities, performance tasks, and assessment items aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

CAC membership provides an opportunity to participate in a collaborative professional learning community, distributing a labor-intensive process across a competent field of professionals. Through this professional learning community, participants develop and build capacity in the areas of curriculum, assessment, and instruction aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

Districts can benefit from participating in the following ways:

• Shared understanding of the Common Core State Standards
• Collaborative planning and development time with fellow professionals
• Access to the CAC online Common Core State Standard resources:
  - lesson plans
  - bank of assessment items
  - performance tasks
  - aligned resources
• Increased teacher-leader capacity
• Expanded repertoire of effective instructional practices
• Access to the CREC common assessments and item banks (CMT-aligned)
• Cost efficiency