Common Core Standards Adopted for Mathematics and English Language Arts

Are Schools Prepared to Implement the Change?

It has been a nationwide effort to provide clear, consistent, uniform expectations for all students. The Common Core Standards have been created and adopted for both mathematics and English language arts. To date, forty (40) states have committed to adopting the Common Core Standards.  Listed below are some of the key points of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics. How will these standards be implemented? The answer is at the end of this article.

Key Points in English Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language, Media and Technology

Key Points In Mathematics: Whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, negative numbers, geometry, conceptual understanding, algebra, probability, statistics, and applying mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges.

The standards have been adopted. Now, it is time for implementation, and a plan is available. The plan was created by a group of educators. It makes implementation the easiest part of the entire process. The plan is How to Implement the Common Core State Standards Using The 20 Steps to Writing Personalized Curricula Aligned Courses of Study.  It is a specialized plan designed to meet the needs of all the students in every state in the USA by virtue of Courses of Study.  When completed, the Courses of Study will include all of the local, state, national, and Common Core State Standards which have been properly and completely aligned with teacher ‑ made tests, norm-referenced tests, criterion-referenced tests, etc. 

The best part of the plan is that the Courses of Study will be written by teachers and staff members. No one knows what students need more than the professionals who teach and interact with them every day.  Information on this plan is being released to all the states that have adopted the CCSS. Teachers and staff will learn how to write curriculum aligned courses of study for every content area by grade level. Included in the courses of study  will be standards, course guides, assessments, syllabi, and lesson plans just to name a few.

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