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ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Education.

As we transition to new standards, assessments and funding systems in California, this is the year that has the potential to make all the difference in our public schools.

Investigating the transition to high school, we find that students moving to a new high school between grades 8 and 9 suffer a small drop in achievement of 0.03 standard deviations in math and 0.04 standard deviations in reading (relative to those in grade 6 — 12 schools or schools with another configuration that requires no transition at this point).

As schools across the nation make the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), many educators find that it is difficult for a school staff to develop shared understandings of the new standards and their instructional implications.

School and school district grades continue to be artificially inflated due to waivers they received as the state was transitioning to new tests and higher stanSchool and school district grades continue to be artificially inflated due to waivers they received as the state was transitioning to new tests and higher stanschool district grades continue to be artificially inflated due to waivers they received as the state was transitioning to new tests and higher standards.

Indiana teachers started making the transition to Common Core two years ago, but it's unlikely state tests will change until the 2015 - 16 school year because lawmakers want a chance to review the new standards first.

When the California State Board of Education voted last week to once again delay holding schools accountable for their students» performance on new Common Core - aligned assessments, they had one thing right: Schools still haven't effectively transitioned to the new standards and are not prepared to help all children meeschools accountable for their students» performance on new Common Core - aligned assessments, they had one thing right: Schools still haven't effectively transitioned to the new standards and are not prepared to help all children meeSchools still haven't effectively transitioned to the new standards and are not prepared to help all children meet them.

The Council of Chief State School Officers will share the progress states have made in transitioning to the standards; next steps, including an update on new science standards; and the latest on the common core assessment consortia's work.

She has praised the new Common Core standards, which are meant to propel students toward college readiness, but is certain to scrutinize the curriculum choices that the Bloomberg administration made to help schools transition to the standards.

Districts that slashed jobs for teacher librarians in recent years may soon regret that decision - especially as schools in California transition to the Common Core standards, which put new emphasis on students developing good research skills.

The teachers at Tampa's Monroe Middle School are confident that the transition to Florida's new standards will go well.

New partnership supports school districts in their transition to Next Generation Science Standards * DOVER, N.H. — March 30, 2016 — Measured Progress, Inc. is pleased to announce a partnership with Activate Learning to combine high - quality, standards - based science assessments with a world - class science curriculum.

The $ 1.25 billion set aside in next year's budget to help schools transition to new testing and instruction based on common national curriculum standards might seem like plenty of money to get the job done.

Foundation Transitioning to the Common Core: How community schools partners can support a school's transition to these new learning standards Dr. Barbara Radner, Director, Center for Urban Education, DePaul University - Core Connections Tool Kit Get in the Game: Setting - up your program for success Kristi Skala, Training and Evaluations Manager, Girls in the Game Luveta Hill, Training and Evaluations Specialist, Girls in the Game - Assessment and Action Plan Tool Leading with Relationships: Umoja Student Development Corporation Lila Leff, Founder and Chief Partnership Development Officer, Umoja Student Development Corp..

NAESP, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Student Achievement Partners (the nonprofit run by the CCSS lead writers) and have developed several free resources to help schools and their leadership successfully transition to the new standards.

Since schools and districts transitioned to using the Common Core standards, I've been asked a number of times to show teachers how to write questions similar to the new high stakes tests.

«Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards demands that school leaders understand how to effectively implement the new standards and monitor the progress of their implementation,» said ASCD Executive Director and CEO Dr. Gene R. Carter.

While many of the Common Core standards are developmentally inappropriate and neither Connecticut's public school teachers nor our public school students have been given the appropriate time and materials to «transition» to these new standards, the punishing Common Core test will occur starting in March unless the Connecticut General Assembly moves quickly to dismantle the massive testing apparatus or parents take matters into their own hands and opt their children out of taking the inappropriate tests.

While the report's authors conclude that too few districts in the state are adequately transitioning English learners to these new standards, they spotlight 11 California school districts that have been particularly successful in boosting achievement for these students and describe the specific practices tied to the Common Core that have made the most impact.

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