Forty-one states, including California, have adopted the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts. The standards describe the knowledge and skills that students should master by ...

The California framework could have, as often happens, shrunk away from the tough issues. It did not. Thank you. Let’s take this framework and get to work. Phil Daro was a lead author on the Common ...

That works for math, but it could be a fatal flaw when it comes to literacy. Many people make the mistake of believing that the Common Core State Standards constitute a curriculum. That’s ...

Those days predated the Common Core math standards, which arrived in 2010 and put forward a central idea: Students should know why they arrived at an answer, and that is just as important as getti ...

Math saw the biggest increase among California students, with 35.5% meeting grade-level standards, up nearly 1% from 2023. Still, nearly two-thirds of students did not meet state standards and ...

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics in 45 states and the District of Columbia offers educators an unprecedented opportunity to marry the ...

called on states to upgrade their standards by “adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts for grades K-12.” William Schmidt, University Distinguished ...