Common Core State Standards: The Promise for College and Career Ready Students in the U.S.

Common Core State Standards: The Promise for College and Career Ready Students in the U.S.

Carol Adamec Brown
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 33
ISBN13: 9781466642492|ISBN10: 1466642491|EISBN13: 9781466642508
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch004
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Brown, Carol Adamec. "Common Core State Standards: The Promise for College and Career Ready Students in the U.S." Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education, edited by Viktor Wang, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 50-82. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch004

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Brown, C. A. (2013). Common Core State Standards: The Promise for College and Career Ready Students in the U.S. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education (pp. 50-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch004

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Brown, Carol Adamec. "Common Core State Standards: The Promise for College and Career Ready Students in the U.S." In Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education, edited by Viktor Wang, 50-82. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch004

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Abstract

Following the National Education Summit in 2000, the National Governors Association and the Council for Chief State School Officers proposed the Common Core State Standards for mathematics and English language arts. The rationale is to provide a consistent core curriculum for all schools in the United States. Each state has opportunity to contribute to the rigor, clarity, and specificity of the standards. Incentives for states to implement the national curriculum are identified in the Blueprint for ESEA, a federal initiative to implement education reforms. Policy makers and educators agree that achievement gaps between students in the U.S. and other higher performing countries must be closed. In addition, our children must be prepared for college classrooms and globally competitive careers. This chapter provides the history of standards-based education reform, the pros and cons of a nationally standardized curriculum, and current progress in implementation of Common Core State Standards.

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