Common Core supporters will point to the rise in reading scores in 2017 — nearly 3 points in 4th grade, about 4 points in 8th — to argue that teachers are using better materials and have become more skilled
in teaching the new standards.
For instance, in addition to receiving training and curriculum materials, teachers might be given cameras to submit videos of their
lessons teaching the new standards, for comment from peers, principals and content experts.
Moving forward, we need to shift
from teaching the new standards during certain points of the year to establishing them as the foundation for students» school experiences.
In fact, in a recent survey about Common Core implementation from teachers» perspectives, 74 percent said that more planning time would help them feel better
about teaching the new standards.
We should do everything possible to make sure all educators are well - prepared and supported
in teaching these new standards — after all, the future of our state hinges on the success of our students.
Teachers complained that the state education department had been slow in providing needed guidance to
teach the new standards.
Among teachers who had heard of the standards, more than a quarter said they felt «somewhat unprepared» or «very unprepared» to
teach the new standards.
In the spring of 2011, the district launched what it calls its common core blog, which is really more of a comprehensive website dedicated to providing resources and guidance to educators and parents to help them understand and
teach the new standards.
There, she and other coaches elected by the state learned how to
teach the new standards and were sent back to Tennessee to help train another 30,000 teachers across the state to prepare students to take the new test next year.
Fewer than one in five reported that all teachers had completed the planning and lesson designs needed to
teach the new standards.
More significant, teachers must be prepared to
teach the new standards.