A report, “Out of Sync,” produced by Change the Equation (CTEq) and the National School Boards Association’s Center for Public Education (CPE), found that of the 45 states and the District of Columbia that have voluntarily adopted Common Core, only 11 have aligned their graduation requirements in mathematics with those standards.
In what could be compared to, well, many education reform initiatives over the years””educational technology included””a once-widely, and quickly, accepted initiative is dividing the education community; begging the question, “˜Are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) just another flash in education’s pan?’
The K-12 Core Standards, developed for Mathematics and English Language Arts, are designed to bring student learning into the 21st Century through the inclusion of, and focus on, digital media, social learning tools, critical thinking skills, and online assessments.
Yet, many states, policy makers, and educators are saying that though giving the go-ahead was easy, successful implementation planning didn’t factor well enough into the decision to adopt, causing problems states are only now beginning to fully comprehend.
Policy makers find it easy to accept and adopt and much harder to implement. Will Common Core go the route of New Math?