CCSSO is hosting a “Back to School” webinar on Monday, August 26 at 3pm ET focused on providing state education agencies with helpful information for reaching out to parents about the changes Common Core will bring to their children’s classrooms.
CCSSO has launched an iTunes U page that includes courses designed to help states and districts implement the Common Core State Standards. iTunes U is a section of the iTunes Store where users can download free educational course content from universities, non-profit education institutions, state education agencies, and K-12 organizations.
Today New York state released the results of the April 2013 grades 3-8 math and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments. These assessment results provide information for the first time on New York student progress toward meeting the goals in the Common Core State Standards. CCSSO Executive Director, Chris Minnich released the following statement:
Less than 33 percent of New York students were found proficient in math and English under the new Common Core learning standards.
CCSSO released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Department of Education announcement today to approve a waiver from NCLB for eight school districts that are part of the California Office to Reform Education (CORE).
The U.S. Education Department will grant No Child Left Behind waivers to eight California school districts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other locations, marking a direct relationship between the federal government and local school systems for the first time.
Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White said that while the state's students and teachers have achieved significant classroom performance improvements, the shift has been a gradual one.
Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White has announced the winners of the Believe and Succeed grants intended to transform struggling schools.
Massachusetts will test the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test, which will eventually replace the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems, in 2014.
Colorado, Wisconsin, and New Mexico won the second round of the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top early-learning competition, and they are now receiving additional money because they already had early-learning plans supported by the department that were not fully funded.
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