Common Core Standards - available for comment!

Teachers, parents, students, taxpayers - here's your chance to comment on the standardization of education requirements for the US.

For too long there has been serious inequities between the states, along with a "dumbing down" of curricula to - supposedly - meet NCLB requirements.

One states 4th grade math is another states 6th grade math. Some students score "very high" on their state standards, while scoring abysmally on the National test (NAES)


http://www.corestandards.org/

Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), the draft K-12 standards are now available for public comment. These draft standards, developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, seek to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.

Governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia committed to developing a common core of state standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12. This is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

The NGA Center and CCSSO have received feedback from national organizations representing, but not limited to teachers, postsecondary education (including community colleges), civil rights groups, English language learners, and students with disabilities. These standards are now open for public comment until Friday, April 2.

These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. The standards are:

* Aligned with college and work expectations;
* Clear, understandable and consistent;
* Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills;
* Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards;
* Informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and
* Evidence-based.

The college- and career-readiness standards were released for public comment in September 2009.

An advisory group provides advice and guidance on the initiative. Members of this group include experts from Achieve, Inc., ACT, the College Board, the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Higher Education Executive Officers.

**CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY** http://feedback.corestandards.org/s-gwid2-233754