It entails using a two - dimensional framework to compare how similar or different the Common Core's topics and cognitive demands are to those of existing state standards. (educationnext.org)
He sees this as a first step toward developing stronger national standards that would be comparable to those of our overseas competitors and better than all previously existing state standards. (educationnext.org)
Some educators say now, while our students are young and districts are aligning existing state standards to Common Core. (edimprovement.org)