Common Core State Standards Supported by School Superintendents

The Common Core State Standards Initiative was launched more than a year ago by state leaders of the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association for Best Practices. The goal was to make the standards the same across state lines in English language arts and mathematics. The Standards outline what material students should learn in each grade level. According to the initiative, the standards “will provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so that teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them.”

 The Common Core State Standards define the knowledge and skills that students should have within their Kindergarten through 12^th grade 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;

·         Are clear, understandable and consistent;

·         Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills;

·         Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards;

·         Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and

·         Are evidence-based.

On November 18, 2010, Alabama became the 40th state to adopt the standards. It is the belief school superintendents that the standards will bring a level of uniformity across state lines. Each state will know what the other states are doing. Many states agree that their English and mathematics curricula need to be aligned with the standards and assessments, but they want and need a plan of implementation.

How to Implement the Common Core State Standards Using The 20 Steps to Writing Personalized Curricula Aligned Courses of Study 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 that 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.  Information on this plan is being released to all the states that have adopted the CCSS. Teachers and staff will 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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