What are the Common Core State Standards? Standards that have
been created with the help of different teachers, school
administrators, parents, community leaders, and experts. CCSS
provide distinct, uniform frameworks for each grade CCSS focus on
core understandings and procedures.
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Why were the CCSS created? To ensure that students are
receiving the highest quality education from state to state,
consistently. To provide a key building block to prepare students
for success in college and in the workforce.
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What states have adopted the Common Core State Standards?
Alaska Texas Minnesota Nebraska Virginia District of Columbia
Puerto Rico Guam American Samoa Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Northern Mariana Islands All states with the exception of the
following have adopted the CCSS Other areas that have adopted the
CCSS 45 States and 3 United States Territories have adopted the
Common Core State Standards.
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Cons of the Common Core State Standards Initially, the
transition to the CCSS will be a difficult adjustment for students
and teachers. The results of the CCSS will not be instant, it will
be a slow, gradual process. The CCSS will not have an equivalency
test for students with special needs. There will be no modified
tests. The CCSS will cause many textbooks that are being used now
to become obsolete, resulting in the schools having to purchase new
materials that are Common Core ready.
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Cons of the Common Core State Standards (continued) The Common
Core Standards Assessments will be online, therefore forcing
schools to update their technology. Conflict: The expense spent in
buying new technology. Conflict: Some school districts may not have
enough computers to test each student in a timely manner. The CCSS
only have standards that apply to English- Language and Mathematics
right now. Conflict: There are currently no Science or Social
Studies. It is up to the individual states to develop their own
frameworks for those subjects.
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Pros of the Common Core State Standards The CCSS will now
compare to the standards of other very academically successful
countries. This is positive considering that the United States has
dropped in educational rankings over the past few decades. Using
the CCSS, states will now be able to compare standardized test
scores accurately. States will have to pay less for test
development, scoring, and reporting, seeing that one test will
developed and each of the states that adopted CCSS can now split
the costs.
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Pros of the Common Core State Standards (continued) Students
will now be better prepared for college and global work with the
increased rigor in the classroom. The CCSS will increase the
development of higher level thinking skills. The Common Core
Standards Assessments will cover several skills within each
question, instead of the students just being tested on one skill at
a time, like they are today. Assessments of the Common Core
Standards will be more authentic to the students learning. Students
will now have to give an answer, state how they arrived at the
conclusion, and defend it, rather than just giving a correct answer
and moving to the next question.
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More pros of the Common Core State Standards Transition between
schools will now be easier for students who move continuously,
seeing as the standards are the same (for those states that have
adopted that Common Core Standards). Teacher collaboration and
development will be enhanced with the Common Core Standards.
Teachers across the nation will now be teaching the same
curriculum, making it easier for teachers to share ideas and
projects to further enhance their classroom criteria.
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Frequently Asked Questions Will the Common Core State Standards
keep local teachers from deciding what or how to teach? No, the
Common Core Standards are a clear set of goals and expectations for
what our students need to succeed. Teachers will continue to create
lesson plans and modify instruction to the needs of their students.
Does having common standards lead to dumbing down the standards
across the board? No, the Common Core Standards have been built
from the best and highest state standards in the country. These
standards are designed to guarantee that all students, despite
where they are living, receive that absolute best education to
prepare them for college or a career.
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More Frequently Asked Questions Why are the Common Core State
Standards for just English-Language Art and Math? English and Math
were the first subject chosen to have uniform standards created
because these two subjects are the main base in which students
build on, even for other subjects. Where can I learn about efforts
to develop standards in other subject areas? Other groups are
working on standards in the arts, world languages, and science.
Arts: http://www.arteducators.org/news/national-coalition-for-core-
arts-standards-nccashttp://www.arteducators.org/news/national-coalition-for-core-
arts-standards-nccas World Languages:
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1 Science:
http://www.nextgenscience.org/.http://www.nextgenscience.org/