But the state's implementation of the Common
Core standards probably will not have an impact on this fall's gubernatorial race, according to the poll.
Not exact matches
We picture a powerful Common
Core governing board —
probably via a new compact among participating states — to oversee the
standards, assessments, and many aspects of implementation, validation, and more.
(Fans of Common
Core and PARCC specifically, and tough
standards and assessments generally are
probably particularly gratified.)
This is a shame, because they
probably have the best argument against the Common
Core, at least in their home state of Massachusetts: The Bay State's
standards were already excellent and already getting results.
Enabling successful schools (according to
standards set between the school and the district,
probably including but not limited to test scores) to have greater autonomy over
core elements such as hiring, curriculum and financial resources will help improve Indy's educational outlook, the report suggested.
If you followed any of Wednesday's Common
Core proceedings at the statehouse, you
probably heard about Michael Petrilli's defense of the nationally - crafted academic
standards adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.
«[F] or example, on Common
Core,
probably a half a dozen times, [ESSA says]... you can not make a state adopt the Common
Core standards,» he says.
And it's
probably not a coincidence that the one state so far where scores have gone down — Indiana — is a state that dropped Common
Core and has since changed its
standards and tests multiple times.
From a conservative perspective, Obama's very public pronouncements in favor of the
standards probably hasn't helped, says Michael Petrilli, executive director of the Thomas B. Fordham institute and assistant education secretary during the George W. Bush administration, even though a healthy coalition of conservatives, including individuals like Petrilli, supports Common
Core.