Core to College-WA

Links to 2 recent studies focused on higher education assessment of Common Core State Standards--from EPIC, Education Policy Improvement Center, led by David Conley

Main OSPI page for communication to Washington K-12 system regarding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards

ISDDE has established this journal to promote excellence in the research-based design, development, and evaluation of educational products and processes in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering and technology.

SMTI; Core Curriculum Standards; Mathematics; APLU

also see Ed Week article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2012/05/_there_has_been_quite.html

The Early Assessment Program (EAP) has emerged as a national model for states seeking to design policies that increase the number of students who leave high school ready for college and careers.

great resource for understanding common core standards and illustrative tasks associated with the standards

The 2004 Master Plan for Higher Education in Washington State called for defining college readiness in several core subjects, including math, science, English, social studies, and the arts. In 2005, the state provided funds for the Higher Education Coordination Board to define college readiness in English and science, building on and extending the work of the Transition Math Project around college readiness standards in mathematics. [Follow "English" link under "Preliminary Definitions" heading to see actual language of the standards (aka definitions) developed.]

The College Readiness Standards in Math (CRS) were commissioned to define the core knowledge and skills expected of students in college entry-level mathematics courses and courses with quantitative components, providing information and support needed for success in the transition from secondary to postsecondary education. [Follow the link labeled "Standards Crosswalk" for the earlier crosswalk work between TMP and the WA K-12 math standards.]

One of 2 national assessment consortia, along with SBAC, working on Common Core State Standards assessments

lesson plans and instructional resources, videos focused on CCSS--limited number of resources currently but presumably a work-in-progress

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In sterile, air-conditioned conference rooms across the state, educators will be gathering this summer to prepare for the new standards soon to be in place in most of the nation's kindergartens through high schools called Common Core. But the people at these meetings won't be primary- or secondary-school teachers. They'll be university …

Half the community college students in the state are taking remedial courses, usually math. Here's what suburban educators have to say about that.

Education activists and parents say threats of sanctions from the U.S. Education Department won't deter them.

Critics including Simon Jenkins think higher maths serves no useful purpose. This is the result of an unimaginative curriculum

Practice-based, iterative, and change-oriented research of compelling problems in middle school math education.

Last year, a small, angry band of parents and teachers in the Lower Merion School District took on a big challenge: convincing their neighbors that the intensifying emphasis on high-stakes standardized tests was harming their children's education. - Kathy Boccella, Philadelphia Inquirer

Think about numbers as a language; we need to learn to be fluent in it.