In Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look
at Early Implementers (2014), Education First researchers Katie Cristol and Brinton S. Ramsey, in collaboration with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, profile four «early implementer» school districts to examine factors that are key to successful implementations of standards - based reform: communications, leadership, curricular materials, professional development, and assessment and accountability.
The result is our new study, Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look
at Early Implementers.
That's the upshot of Common Core in the Districts: An Early Look
at Early Implementers, a new in - depth study from our think tank.
Not exact matches
But they've had to make do, to the chagrin of most educators, who —
at least in these
early -
implementer districts — believe that their current state tests are poor measures of student understanding relative to the new standards and may even detract from proper implementation.
With plenty of feedback from additional experts, including some
at Fordham, the team identified four
early -
implementer districts that appeared worthy of scrutiny: Kenton County (KY), Metro Nashville (TN), Illinois's School District 54 (Schaumburg and vicinity), and Washoe County (Reno, NV).
Launched as a partnership among the K — 12 Alliance
at WestEd, Achieve, the California Department of Education, and the California State Board of Education, NGSS
Early Implementers is a large - scale demonstration initiative running through 2018.