America- National Curriculum and Testing....coming soon!!??!!
Hi all.... hope this finds you well.
AMERICA IS QUICKLY MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS AND TESTING!
ANYONE HEARING MUCH ABOUT IT......PROBABLY NOT.....
WONDERING..... THE QUESTION IN DEMOCRACY.... WHO GETS TO DECIDE........
WELL......EXPERTS OF COURSE!!!!
The Common Core State Standards Initiative will be jointly led by the National Governors Assoc. Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
In addition to New Jersey, the following states and territories have also signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA): Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; South Dakota; Tennessee; Utah; Vermont; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; and Wyoming.
The goal is to have a common core of state standards that states can adopt voluntarily. States can choose to include additional standards beyond the common core as long as the common core represents at least 85 percent of the state’s standards in English language arts and mathematics.
The second phase of this initiative is to ultimately develop common assessments aligned to the core standards developed through the process.
( Of course!!! )
Expert Panels Named in Common-Standards Push
By Michele McNeil and Sean Cavanagh
The two national organizations coordinating a push for common academic standards today named the 29 people who are deciding what math and language arts skills students will need to know and when, along with the 35 people who will formally critique the group’s work.
The list of those who will write the standards is dominated by three organizations: the Washington-based Achieve Inc., which works on college- and career readiness; the New York City-based College Board, which administers the SAT; and ACT Inc., the Iowa City, Iowa-based organization that administers the college-entrance test of that name.
But the 29-member Standards Development Work Group also includes seven other representatives, including two college professors, a retired education consultant, and members from school improvement groups such as the Washington-based America’s Choice.
The CCSSO and NGA also today named 35 members of the feedback groups in math and language arts that will critique the standards work, including experts from the fields of math and language arts who have been critical of the process so far.
The feedback group, which will get its first crack at the standards when early drafts are unveiled this month, is a “Who’s Who” of people in their fields.
Among its members: Michigan State University education professor William H. Schmidt, an expert in international comparisons of education systems; Chester E. Finn Jr., the Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and a prolific education reform advocate; and Carol Jago, the president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English.
The states have an ambitious time frame, planning to release their first set of high school exit standards—what students should know to prepare them for college or work—for states to review this month. Grade-by-grade standards, which the organizers are also calling “learning progression standards,” are set to be done in December.
Bringing more urgency to the effort is U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s commitment last month to set aside $350 million to help states develop common assessments as a result of the new common standards.
DEMOCRACY ...BY DESIGN.... IS SLOW.....
THIS IS MOVING REALLY FAST.........
AS WE PONDER EDUCATIONAL REFORM THIS IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.....
ONCE BUILT....VERY HARD TO UN-DO........
HERE IS THE WEB SITE....AND THE LIST OF "EXPERTS"........
http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca...
So.... wondering what you think?
Have you heard much about this in your state?
How democratic a process is this?
be well...mike
AMERICA IS QUICKLY MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS AND TESTING!
ANYONE HEARING MUCH ABOUT IT......PROBABLY NOT.....
WONDERING..... THE QUESTION IN DEMOCRACY.... WHO GETS TO DECIDE........
WELL......EXPERTS OF COURSE!!!!
The Common Core State Standards Initiative will be jointly led by the National Governors Assoc. Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
In addition to New Jersey, the following states and territories have also signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA): Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; South Dakota; Tennessee; Utah; Vermont; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; and Wyoming.
The goal is to have a common core of state standards that states can adopt voluntarily. States can choose to include additional standards beyond the common core as long as the common core represents at least 85 percent of the state’s standards in English language arts and mathematics.
The second phase of this initiative is to ultimately develop common assessments aligned to the core standards developed through the process.
( Of course!!! )
Expert Panels Named in Common-Standards Push
By Michele McNeil and Sean Cavanagh
The two national organizations coordinating a push for common academic standards today named the 29 people who are deciding what math and language arts skills students will need to know and when, along with the 35 people who will formally critique the group’s work.
The list of those who will write the standards is dominated by three organizations: the Washington-based Achieve Inc., which works on college- and career readiness; the New York City-based College Board, which administers the SAT; and ACT Inc., the Iowa City, Iowa-based organization that administers the college-entrance test of that name.
But the 29-member Standards Development Work Group also includes seven other representatives, including two college professors, a retired education consultant, and members from school improvement groups such as the Washington-based America’s Choice.
The CCSSO and NGA also today named 35 members of the feedback groups in math and language arts that will critique the standards work, including experts from the fields of math and language arts who have been critical of the process so far.
The feedback group, which will get its first crack at the standards when early drafts are unveiled this month, is a “Who’s Who” of people in their fields.
Among its members: Michigan State University education professor William H. Schmidt, an expert in international comparisons of education systems; Chester E. Finn Jr., the Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and a prolific education reform advocate; and Carol Jago, the president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English.
The states have an ambitious time frame, planning to release their first set of high school exit standards—what students should know to prepare them for college or work—for states to review this month. Grade-by-grade standards, which the organizers are also calling “learning progression standards,” are set to be done in December.
Bringing more urgency to the effort is U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s commitment last month to set aside $350 million to help states develop common assessments as a result of the new common standards.
DEMOCRACY ...BY DESIGN.... IS SLOW.....
THIS IS MOVING REALLY FAST.........
AS WE PONDER EDUCATIONAL REFORM THIS IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.....
ONCE BUILT....VERY HARD TO UN-DO........
HERE IS THE WEB SITE....AND THE LIST OF "EXPERTS"........
http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca...
So.... wondering what you think?
Have you heard much about this in your state?
How democratic a process is this?
be well...mike
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