A critical component of the academic standards adoption life cycle, which includes the development, review, and
adoption of academic standards, is also the implementation of those standards.
Although Indiana was one of CCSS» first adopters, Indiana's Gov. Mike Pence signed a law that banishes Common Core, but doesn't prohibit
adoption of academic standards that look very similar to CCSS.
Not exact matches
If anyone has earned the right to vent her spleen over Common Core it's Sandra Stotsky, who played a leading role in Massachusetts's
adoption of some
of the nation's strongest pre-CCSS
academic standards, along with associated curriculum frameworks and teacher - licensing regulations.
As
of February 2011, seven states — Alaska, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, and Virginia — have yet to sign on to the
adoption of national
academic standards and tests.
Parents see
adoption of common
academic standards as a step forward for education by 72 percent to 22 percent.
One
of the most ambitious educational improvement projects in recent years was the
adoption of new, more rigorous college - and career - ready
academic standards by more than 40 U.S. states.
Notable, too, is the positive attention paid to — and
adoption elsewhere
of — New York State's pioneering efforts to supply its teachers with curricula aligned to the Empire State's (Common Core)
academic standards.
We noted last week Indiana General Assembly members were working on a compromise that would allow further discussion about the state's
adoption of the Common Core
academic standards.
«I believe that Alabama would be wise to retain its own 2009
academic standards in English Language Arts and in Mathematics, and to rescind its 2010
adoption of the Common Core
standards.
Since 2009, Pioneer has led the campaign against Common Core national education
standards and federal control
of K - 12 education policy, publishing a series
of reports showing that the state's
adoption of national
standards weakens the quality
of academic content in Massachusetts» classrooms, and raising serious questions about the legality and the costs
of Common Core.
Since this
adoption, several states have withdrawn from using CCSS in favor
of developing their own
academic standards.
In his report, Yeado writes that teachers are encountering a number
of structural changes to their job, including the
adoption of new
academic standards, new state assessment exams, accountability metrics, and performance - based compensation in some districts.
The proposed legislation, which hits the House floor this afternoon, would have two key effects: prohibit the possibility
of engaging in a new, substantial mechanism to compare NC students»
academic performance with that
of students in other states; and authorize the creation
of a review commission composed
of parents, educators, and other stakeholders to review alternative
standards and recommend them for
adoption.
With the
adoption of our Kansas College and Career Ready
Standards (KCCRS), we've seen a narrowing as everyone is focusing their professional learning on these higher
academic standards.
Sen. Dick Brewbaker's resolution that passed the Senate but was not brought to a vote in the House «encourages the State Board
of Education to take all steps it deems appropriate, including revocation
of the
adoption of the [Common Core] initiative's
standards if necessary, to retain complete control over Alabama's
academic standards, curriculum, instruction, and testing system.»
The most obvious example
of this is through states»
adoption and implementation
of academic standards and assessments that align with the knowledge and skills students need to enter credit - bearing coursework in college.
Title I, Part A, Sec. 1111
of the law declares, «The Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or coerce State
adoption of the Common Core State
Standards... or any other
academic standards common to a significant number
of States, or assessments tied to such
standards.»
Title VIII, Part F, Sec. 8526A stipulates, «No officer or employee
of the Federal Government shall condition or incentivize the receipt
of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, the receipt
of any priority or preference... upon a State, local educational agency, or school's
adoption or implementation
of specific instructional content,
academic standards and assessments, curricula, or program
of instruction.»
Stand Louisiana supported the
adoption of high - quality
academic standards and aligned assessments by the Board
of Elementary and Secondary Education.
NSBA supports state - led development and voluntary
adoption of common
academic standards that ensure U.S. public school students are prepared for college and careers.
-- A State retains the right to enter into a voluntary partnership with another State to develop and implement the challenging State
academic standards and assessments required under this section, except that the Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or coerce State --(1)
adoption of the Common Core State
Standards developed under the Common Core State
Standards Initiative or any other
academic standards common to a significant number
of States, or assessments tied to such
standards; or (2) participation in such partnerships.
With the goal
of simplifying compliance with this new regulation and
of eventually helping to drive worldwide
adoption of digital signatures, Adobe today announced the launch
of the Cloud Signature Consortium, a group
of industry and
academic organizations coming together to build an open
standard for cloud - based digital signatures across mobile and the web, so that anyone will be able to digitally sign documents from anywhere.