For many years, she was the foremost champion of educational rigor and excellence in the state senate, but now she's praising this backing away from what seems like a fairly low bar. (educationnext.org)
The shift in educational rigor that globalization has ushered in is pushing policymakers to embrace systemic change in public education, with particular focus on closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged students and their peers. (americanprogress.org)
The consortia are helping raise educational rigor, Gendron says, because the assessments are designed to produce evidence on whether «students are able to comprehend the Common Core and apply them in a real - world context.» (ascd.org)