Common-Standards Watch: With Colorado, It's 33
On a 4-3 vote today, Colorado became the 33rd state to adopt the common standards (unless we've missed something out there):
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Common-Standards Watch: Tennessee Brings It to 32
Yes, common-standards addicts, you get a tidbit of news to finish up your week. Tennessee has adopted the common standards. So the map of the moment looks like this: Remember that Tennessee was one of the two states that won Race to the Top money in Round 1. As an RTT winner, it wouldn't have loo...
July 30, 2010
Race to Top Assessment Plans: A Graphic Version
Those of you who have slogged through our coverage of the Race to the Top assessment competition (story here, blog items here and here, for instance) know that those proposals are pretty hefty documents. So it's cool that the folks at the Center for K-12 Assessment and Performance Management decided...
July 29, 2010
Common-Standards Watch: With Iowa, It's 31
The common-standards adoption ticker reaches 31 today with Iowa's decision to adopt. So here's your map: Iowa, you might recall, hasn't been the biggest fan of academic standards. It was the last state to give in to the state-standards movement. Now it's signed on to the common set.
July 29, 2010
Reading Roundup in Common-Standards Adoption Season
Greetings, common-standards junkies. I keep waiting for the crash of the mighty adoption wave, since we are only a few days away from the Aug. 2 Race to the Top deadline (maximum points, remember?). But it could be that the RTT-driven adoptions have crested (nearly all those still in the running hav...
July 27, 2010
How Common-Standards States Fared in Race to Top
You've probably already heard about the 19 finalists in Round 2 of the Race to the Top competition. And if you read this blog frequently, you already know that adoption of the common standards is one of the things that gave states points—or cost them points—in that competition. So what ...
July 27, 2010
Common-Standards Watch: Florida Makes 30
Greetings, common-standards addicts! I'm back on the Watch, and I have this to report: Florida adopted the common standards today. That brings to 30 the number of states that have adopted. Note of trivia: The Sunshine State's board of education could well win the prize for speed. Members adopted th...
July 13, 2010
California Panel Scrutinizes Common Standards
California commission prepares to make its recommendations to the state board on the common standards.
July 12, 2010
Common-Standards Watch: Arkansas Makes 24
Arkansas adopts the common standards, making a total of 24 states.
July 12, 2010
Monday Reading Roundup
The Washington Post explores the Gates Foundation's impact on education; The Hechinger Report explores the dropout crisis, and the NGA's new chairman announces a focus on college completion.
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