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Common Core Has Led to ‘Historic’ Drop in Achievement Scores, Study Finds

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has led to a “historic” drop in student achievement scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test, also known as the ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Literacy for Science: Exploring the Intersection of the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for ELA Standards: A Workshop Summary

HOW DO CCSS FOR ELA AND NGSS WORK TOGETHER? In her presentation, Susan Pimentel, a planning committee member, principal of Student Achievement Partners, and one of the developers of the Common Core ...
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Florida Department of Education adopts new standards to replace Common Core

The Florida Department of Education has formally adopted B.E.S.T. Standards and plans to replace Common Core through "the most aggressive transition timeline in Florida's history." FDEP made the ...
The Hechinger Report

After fights over social studies standards, conservative activists come for math

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...
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Common Core math ‘eradicated,’ Ivey says, after Alabama school board vote

The controversial Common Core is no more, at least where math is concerned, according to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. The state school board today voted 5 to 3 to approve a new math course of study for K-12 ...