Messaging Card for Common Core State Standards
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Common Core State Standards The Academic Baseline for Success in College, Careers and Life Key Messages ❶ To ensure that all students have greater opportunities and access to the careers of their choice, we need a K–12 education system that imparts the knowledge and skills most valued by employers and higher education. ❷ Today’s — and tomorrow’s — jobs value postsecondary education and training more than ever. Americans without the requisite knowledge and skills will struggle to access good jobs in the increasingly competitive global economy. ❸ Our state chose to adopt the K–12 Common Core State Standards to help ensure that all students graduate from high school with the core academic knowledge and skills necessary for success in college, careers and life, for the benefit of their futures and the future of our nation. Common Core State Standards
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Achieve has developed messaging cards around the Common Core State Standards. In 2009, 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), committing to a state-led process - the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). Achieve partnered with NGA and CCSSO on the Initiative and a number of Achieve staff and consultants served on the writing and review teams. On June 2, 2010, the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics (CCSS) were released, and since then, over 45 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards and are now working to implement the standards. Achieve has developed materials to help states, districts, and others understand the organization and content of the standards and the content and evidence base used to support the standards. Visit http://www.achieve.org/achieving-common-core
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Common Core State StandardsThe Academic Baseline for Success in College, Careers and Life
Key Messages ❶ Toensurethatallstudentshavegreateropportunitiesandaccesstothecareersoftheirchoice,
weneedaK–12educationsystemthatimpartstheknowledge and skills most valued by employers and higher education.
❷ Today’s—andtomorrow’s—jobs value postsecondary education and trainingmorethanever.Americans without the requisite knowledge and skills will struggletoaccessgoodjobsintheincreasinglycompetitiveglobaleconomy.
❸ OurstatechosetoadopttheK–12CommonCoreStateStandardstohelpensurethatall students graduatefromhighschoolwith the core academic knowledge and skills necessary for success in college, careers and life,forthebenefitoftheirfuturesandthefutureofournation.
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What are the Common Core State Standards? TheCommonCoreStateStandardsare
K–12academicstandardsinmathematicsandEnglishlanguagearts/literacy.
Theyweredevelopedbystates,andstatesvoluntarilychoosetoadoptthem.
Theyarealignedtotheexpectationsoftwo-andfour-yearcollegesandhavebeeninternationallybenchmarked.
TheCommonCorehelpensurecomparabilityacrossstates,districtsandschools,mitigatingchallengeswithstudentandteachermobility.
StandardsareacriticalfirststepinimprovingAmerica’seducationsystem.Theyprovidethenecessaryfoundationforlocaldecisionsaroundcurriculum,assessmentsandinstruction.
Why the Common Core? Tocompeteinaknowledge-basedglobaleconomy,theUnitedStatesmustimprovetheeducationaloutcomesofallstudents.
Consider:
20%ofstudentsenteringfour-yearcolleges,andatleast40%ofstudentsenteringtwo-yearcommunitycolleges,musttakeremedialcourses—relearningattheirexpensewhattheyshouldhavealreadylearnedinhighschool.(National Center for Education Statistics)
62%ofnewjobsavailablein2018willrequiresomepostsecondaryeducation.Withoutadramaticchangeofcourse,U.S.employerswillbeunabletofill3 millionofthesepositions.(Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce)
A2009internationalassessment(PISA)revealedthat15-year-oldstudentsfrommorethan30 countrieswereoutperformingU.S.15-year-oldsinmathematics.Morethan25 countrieshadahigherpercentageofstudentsscoringatthehighestlevelsthanAmerica,meaningevenAmerica’smostadvancedmathstudentswereoutperformedbytheirinternationalcounterparts.
TheCommonCorewillensurethatteachersteachandstudentslearnthe knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, includingcommunicationsskills,perseveranceinproblemsolving,technicalreadingandwriting,literacyacrossdisciplines,andthemostimportantmathematicalskills.
Learn more about the Common Core at www.achieve.org/achieving-common-core.
