The DLM Consortium is one of two multistate consortia to receive federal grants to create a next - generation alternate assessment linked to Common Core State Standards and
similar state standards in math and English language arts for the 1 percent population.
Not exact matches
States nonetheless seem to be continuing their trajectory of convergence toward
standards of
similar rigor
in math (which, given the slipping
standards noted above, constitutes a downward convergence), but are more divergent
in reading since 2007, particularly
in 4th grade.
The superintendent's HR office does most of the vetting and placing, but it is shackled by the contract, by
state licensure practices (which may be set by an «independent» — and probably union and ed - school dominated — professional -
standards board), by seniority rules that are probably enshrined
in both contract and
state law, and by uniform salary schedules that mean the new teacher (assuming
similar «credentials») will be paid the same fixed amount whether the subject most needed at Lincoln is
math or music.