“The Common Core State Standards (CCS) Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.

The NGA Center and CCSSO received initial feedback on the draft standards from national organizations representing, but not limited to, teachers, postsecondary educators (including community colleges), civil rights groups, English language learners, and students with disabilities. Following the initial round of feedback, the draft standards were opened for public comment, receiving nearly 10,000 responses.”1

Many questions have arisen about the Standards thus far. The following link dispels many of the myths about the content and quality of the math and ELA standards, as well as about the process and implementation. For more on this: Myths vs. Facts

dataMetrics is a Common Core Endorsing Partner. Very shortly we will have the CCS Objectives bank available on our site to align local formative assessments to. By connecting these local tests to the CCS on TestWiz, educators will be able to analyze data all the way down to the new Common Core Standard. In addition, our ETS Item Bank will have CCS aligned items, for creating your own quality local benchmark. Students would take these assessments, and then the results could be scanned in for further data analysis. Educators can even compare a local formative test to a another, say a state test, to see how well they correlate.

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1CoreStandards.org: about the standards