The rigorous new Common
Core standards represent both a daunting challenge and a promising pathway that could help close the achievement gap for the growing number of American students who enter school knowing little or no English.
On the right, the market - share - obsessed talk - radio crowd claims that the Common
Core standards represent a federal takeover of the schools.
Those who hope that the Common
Core standards represent greater focus for U.S. education will be disappointed by our answers.
The Common
Core standards represent a dramatic change from the specialty area standards that most states had developed and were testing.
Porter et al. observe, «The Common
Core standards represent considerable change from what states currently call for in their standards and in what they assess.»
Receiving less attention is the question of just how big a shift the Common
Core standards represent.
Other publishers are likely to follow suit, because the 45 states that have adopted the common
core standards represent a near - national market.
Not exact matches
ISEAL's Credibility Principles
represent the
core values of effective sustainability
standards
The organization, New York Parent Alliance for Learning
Standards, is a pro-Common
Core organization
representing individual parents and parent groups in support of higher
standards.
«It's important to emphasize that the changes in scores do not mean that schools have taught less or that students have learned less, but rather reflect this new
standard, the Common
Core adopted by 46 states because these
standards represent the trajectory to college and career success,» King said, on a conference call.
A contingency of education groups
representing a wide spectrum of interests that can sometimes be at odds with one another are uniting around helping the Common
Core learning
standards survive.
ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common
Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic
standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.
All but one hit their respective magnitudes to within eight - hundredths of a point; together, they
represent the
core of the so - called polar sequence and serve as
standards for the comparison of star brightness.
As Porter et al. note, «Whether these differences between Common
Core and Massachusetts mean that Common
Core represents a better curriculum is difficult to judge, although at least at grade 7 in [English language arts], there is a shift in the Common
Core standards toward greater emphasis on higher cognitive demand.»
While proponents argue that the Common
Core standards and assessments
represent an improvement over those most states used under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, many have come to see Common
Core as simply NCLB 2.0.
In reality, the Common
Core represents another schism on the right, with mainstream business groups like the Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable supporting the
standards, while Tea Party groups denounce them.
Gov. Bobby Jindal tried to block the test and the Common
Core standards, saying they
represented federal overreach, and some parents have chosen to boycott the tests based on political convictions or a concern the tests are useless or even harmful.
Both Los Angeles Unified officials and the union
representing teachers agree that the bulk of one - time state money for the transition to the Common
Core standards should be spent on teacher training.
Those on the right increasingly believe that the Common
Core represents severe federal overreach into state sovereignty over education; those on the left, including the AFT, are pushing back not against the
standards themselves, but against their implementation and use in newly adopted high - stakes teacher evaluation systems.
The report offers three
core standards that
represent areas likeliest, they believe, to positively influence student learning (there are two other
standards and two other broader recommendations, as well).
The Common
Core standards, which were adopted by professional educators
representing all school levels and approved by governors and the business community, are nothing more than a set of consistent
standards for students.
The structure, terminology, and emphases of the Common
Core mathematics
standards at the high school level, including the areas that
represent the most significant changes to business as usual.
«The words «Common
Core»
represent something that a lot of people don't like,» Oldham says, «but the concept of higher
standards for all is still a really solid one.»
Agile Mind's founding research and development partner, the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin, has been involved from inception in the Common
Core State
Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), and other key college readiness
standards — and in the deeper learning they
represent.
This helped her know that students were learning how to write the numbers from one into the mid-twenties and to
represent a number of objects accurately through a written numeral (which corresponds to Common
Core Math Content
standard K.CC.A.3).
Linda Darling - Hammond opens the conversation with a discussion of the significance of Common
Core Standards, arguing that they
represent a «critical juncture» in achieving 21st century
standards for learning.
Our Cal TURN teams
represent union & teacher leaders, school & district administrators and board members who are working jointly to plan and implement teacher evaluation systems and the common
core standards to improve teaching and learning.
The Common
Core standards are irrefutably more rigorous than current state
standards and
represent a shift that schools must make in order to prepare students for the increasingly competitive global workforce.
In a Common
Core survey conducted last October by the Consortium for the Implementation of the Common
Core State
Standards and the County Offices of Education, which covered 818 districts
representing 83 percent of California's public school enrollment, only about one - third of school districts have created a scope and sequence for the the Common
Core standards in either English Language Arts or mathematics for at least some grades.
The rigorous Common
Core learning
standards that have been adopted by 45 states
represent a once - in - a-generation opportunity for the United States to improve public schools nationally, bringing math, science and literacy education up to levels achieved by high - performing nations abroad.
From the website: «The Common
Core State
Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History / Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects («the
standards»)
represent the next generation of K — 12
standards designed to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life by the...
The Common
Core State
Standards, or CCSS,
represent a potential reboot for
standards - based reform — an opportunity to address some of the design flaws that have diminished the policy's effectiveness in the past.
[1] Although this model exists in conjunction with the Common
Core standards that largely govern what is taught, it certainly
represents a move toward local flexibility and choice concerning how material is taught.
Common
Core opposition has been loud, with some parents and Gov. Bobby Jindal charging that the
standards represent federal overreach or are too complicated for students.
Spring 2016 was the second time that students across California took the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test, which is supposed to be aligned to Common
Core standards, which in turn is supposed to
represent «internationally competitive» expectations.
Further, the state should ensure that this subject - matter test for elementary teacher candidates is well aligned with the Common
Core Standards, which
represent an effort to significantly raise the
standards for the knowledge and skills American students will need for college readiness and global competitiveness.
Each move is notable on its own, but, combined, they
represent a sea change in Tennessee, which has spent millions of dollars adopting the Common
Core and is widely considered a leader in the
standards movement.
The Lowcountry Montessori School Secondary Program (middle and high school)
represents and integration of South Carolina
core standards and educational requirements, the most current research on the developmental needs of adolescents, the Montessori approach to education, research - based learning theory and teaching methods, and the predictions of the skills needed to lead a productive life of continuous learning and cooperation.
Indeed the Massachusetts
standards are so good that some of the most vocal opponents of CCSS are claiming that Common
Core will
represent a watering down.
While the Common
Core State
Standards share many features and concepts with existing
standards, the new
standards also
represent a substantial departure from current practice in a number of respects.
To me, the Common
Core represents an empowering opportunity for teachers to collaborate, exchange best practices and share differing curricula — because a common set of
standards is not the same thing as a common curriculum.
Those who content that these new
standards are high in rhetoric only, that tomorrow's assessments will differ little from today's, that the Common
Core Standards do not
represent real reform, have not read the
standards carefully, nor have they examined the research behind the
standards.
The Smarter Balanced tests
represented the state's first use of them for learning based on the Common
Core standards, which prioritize critical thinking and problem solving over memorization.
Created by content experts in 27 states and adopted by the California State Board of Education last fall, the new science
standards represent the next step in the Common
Core State
Standards — a campaign intended to bring consistency throughout the nation for what a student should know and when they should know it.
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