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Origins and Implications of Common Core Standards for
Student Achievement in Georgia
Dr. Sheneka M. WilliamsUniversity of Georgia
Origins of Common Core in Georgia
• Many reforms have come and gone since the US was declared “a nation at risk” in 1983
• Georgia adopted in 2010 as 40 plus other states did the same
What Common Core Is and Is Not
• Is…– A national set of goals for student
learning– A result of collaboration between
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
What Common Core Is and Is Not
• Is Not…– A national curriculum– A mandate proposed by the current
Administration
What Research Says
• Students of color and students living in poverty are performing two-three grade levels higher than they were in the 1990s
• However, performance for students at the middle and top performance levels have remained steady
• Students of color and students living in poverty are beginning to show smaller gains
What Research Says
• Standards neither make or break an educational system
• However, national standards should reduce variation between high performing states and lower performing states
Implications for Georgia
• Common Core should place students in Georgia on a more level playing field with students in Massachusetts
• Increased global competitiveness• Adoption vs. implementation
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and performance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Publishing Group.
• Fullan, Michael (2007.) The new meaning of educational change, 4th ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Loveless, Tom. (2014). How well are American students learning? The Brookings Institute. Retrieved October 21, 2014, from www.brookings.edu
• Mathis, W. J. (2010). The “Common Core” Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool? Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. Retrieved October, 20, 2014 fromhttp://epicpolicy.org/publication/common-core-standards
• Petrilli, Michael & Brickman, Michael (September 14, 2014). Common core: Georgia should not retreat now. Retrieved on October 19, 2014 from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.