And whether they are ultimately successful in achieving these lofty goals depends on teachers and how well they are supported in
implementing these new standards in the classroom.
Hassan urged lawmakers to stop focusing on Common Core and instead work to improve students» education by helping schools
implement the new standards effectively and building on the state's reputation as a leader in competency - based education.
Encountering those kinds of instructional gaps is not uncommon for
schools implementing new standards, says William Schmidt, an education professor at Michigan State University who researches the effects of curriculum on student achievement, particularly in math.
The Common Core State Standards were voluntarily adopted by Massachusetts almost six years ago, unfortunately EducationNext's most recent poll shows that Latino parents are less likely to be aware of whether their districts are
implementing the new standards when compared to English - speaking parents.
Despite critics» claims that
simultaneously implementing new standards and new evaluation systems would undermine the latter's validity, subsequent research demonstrated that teacher value - added scores remained generally stable, even as states made changes to their standards and assessments and the percentages of students passing the new tests plunged.
Achieve's «On the Road to Implementation: Achieving the Promise of the Common Core State Standards» seeks to identify the key areas that state policymakers will need to consider to
implement the new standards with fidelity.
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The KSHFP says «districts have emerged from the most challenging phase of the transition to healthier meals,» but when you drill down into the details of the study, the picture is a little less rosy: About 60 percent of the directors surveyed still report «some» or «a great deal» of difficulties
implementing the new standards at lunch, and about 40 percent felt the same way at breakfast.
The first course, The Core Six: Teaching with the Common Core State Standards in Mind, provides educators with six essential strategies to support schoolwide efforts to improve performance and increase student engagement
while implementing the new standards.
Starting in September 2010, the midpoint of Wu's year - long experiment,
CPS implemented new standards — offering more fruits and vegetables, serving whole grains daily and lowering the fat and sugar content of milk.
If schools are going to
implement new standards next year, teachers need time to plan and school systems need time to vet and then purchase new instructional materials.
Most states and districts are in the unenviable position of having to
implement new standards without the summative assessments in place that will measure student mastery.
Even before state lawmakers here voted to pause Common Core rollout pending a thorough review, only kindergarten and first grade teachers in Indiana had
fully implemented the new standards.
Indiana schools may be in a better position than most to
implement the new standards because a number of districts have taken advantage of a rule change in 2009 that allowed them to purchase digital technology and devices with money from the state's textbook fund.
But Nancie Rankie Shelton, an anti-Common Core activist who researches elementary - age literacy development at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, says districts that have already
started implementing the new standards might be swayed to stay the course if Indiana withdraws now.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a law May 30 that requires the state to review the Common Core before Jan. 1 and
implement new standards by the 2015 - 16 school year.
The CEP report surveyed 35 CC - adopting states, finding that while the «vast majority» are familiarizing school officials with the new materials, states don't expect to
implement the new standards until 2014 - 15 or later.
Implementing new standards also takes several years... Changing course after our educators have been working in good faith for years to help students reach higher standards is unfair and counterproductive,» Wright's statement said.
The new series of two - day institutes focuses on the theme «Leading the Change to Common Core State Standards: Essential Tools for School and District Leaders» and addresses how superintendents, principals, and key administrators can
best implement the new standards in their schools and school systems.
Last week, the California State Board of Education gave the green light to an advisory committee of math teachers and other educators to begin developing the curriculum frameworks - or classroom blueprints - for
implementing the new standards in schools.
But for Core proponents, the timing couldn't be worse: Just as states
began implementing the new standards, 40 states receiving No Child waivers are also launching new systems to evaluate teachers, which will incorporate some measures of student achievement, including, where available, scores from standardized tests.
But even if it is not end goal of the Common Core State Standards to invade students» privacy or impose curricular directives, there is a question of how to
implement the new standards when North Carolina's public education system will continue to face dwindling resources over the next two years, at least.
We have steadfastly maintained that requiring school districts to
simultaneously implement new standards, new teacher evaluations and perhaps a new curriculum, as well as new testing demands, will continue to place enormous pressure at the local level.
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