States that have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and are planning to roll out shared content assessments are turning their attention to establishing uniform standards for identifying English-language learners and determining when they no longer need language instruction.
This week in Chiefline: NCTM releases statement supporting Common Core math standards; Nebraska Department of Education begins search for new Commissioner of Education.
This week in Chiefline: NCTM releases statement supporting Common Core math standards; Nebraska Department of Education begins search for new Commissioner of Education.
The West Virginia Department of Education released data from its new accountability system, which found that 28 percent of schools met goals for student learning and improvement and 38 percent had met one of the two goals.
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that schools will receive $622 million in new funding at the beginning of the school year to support the transition to the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
The Montana Office of Public Instruction reported that more than 9,000 public school juniors took the ACT test last spring, an increase of 3,000 students over the previous year.
School districts in North Dakota were told by the State Department of Public Instruction to begin planning for the 2015 implementation of the Common Core State Standards by July 1, 2013, if they had not done so already.
On Aug. 23, the U.S. Department of Education proposed regulations that would transition away from the 2 percent rule, emphasizing the department's commitment to holding all students to high standards in order to prepare them for college and career.
During a visit to schools in Cleveland as part of a statewide tour, Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard Ross touted the state's requirement that students be able to read by the end of third grade.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) will help educators interpret and understand the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and support efforts to create comprehensive and coherent instruction and assessment systems at the school, district, and state levels.
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