As we move into what I've come to think of as adoption season for the common standards, states have much to think about. But the Race to the Top competition doesn't give states much time to think things over. (To maximize their points in that competition, they have to promise to adopt common standar...
West Virginia gives conditional approval to the common standards.
Common standards factor into Virginia's decision to pull out of Race to the Top and prove a stumbling point in Oklahoma legislation designed to enhance its position for the federal contest.
Hawaii and Maryland become the second and third states to adopt the common standards even before they are out in final form.
You've been reading here about Massachusetts' tightrope walk on Race to the Top and the common standards. You remember: the state, much revered for its high academic standards, says it will not adopt the common standards if they are less rigorous than its own. But to be best positioned to win a chun...
Colorado, like other states, is hashing out how to mesh adoption of common standards with its own newly revised standards.
In a new paper, the College Board, the ETS, and Pearson Learning explore ways to get test-score comparability across multiple assessments.
Massachusetts says it's reconsidering applying for Round 2 of Race to the Top.
The ETS, College Board and Pearson Learning form a new collaborative on assessment to support the Race to the Top initiative.
The former education director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation argues that states have a grand opportunity in the Race to the Top assessment competition.
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