News Brief

10/11/12

Canton, Surrounding School Districts Preparing for New Standards, Tests

Patch.com (10/11/12) McCallum, KaitlinMany school districts in Connecticut are using professional development time to revise their curriculum and prepare teachers for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in 2014. According to the Connecticut Department of Education, 20 percent of the Common Core standards for English are not included in the state's existing standards, and 12 percent are only generally related. For math, 20 percent are new, but 68 percent match the state's math standards. Jordan Grossman, assistant superintendent for the Canton district, says its reading and writing curriculum is affiliated with Columbia University's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, which aligns with the Common Core. "It's going to take some time," Grossman says. "But the principals and teachers are doing an awesome job."

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