Are the Common Core math standards “fewer, higher, and clearer” than most state standards today?
The Common Core Math Standards : Education Next - 2 views
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The Fordham Institute reviewed them last year and found them so.
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It does not say that Common Core standards are fewer
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Algebra-for-All Policy Harmed High-Achievers, Study Finds - Curriculum Matters - Educat... - 0 views
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The push for algebra-for-all policies may inadvertently take a toll on high-achieving students, a new study suggests, by slowing their rate of academic improvement.
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a set of Chicago public schools after the district enacted a policy in 1997 requiring all 9th graders to take Algebra I. Mathematics achievement gains for high-performers dropped in those schools most affected by the policy, when compared with a control group, the study finds. The main reason, it suggests, was the shift to mixed ability grouping in classrooms.
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The change to algebra for all by the district was accompanied by other curricular changes, the study notes, including the elimination of a wide array of remedial courses across subjects and increasing high school graduation requirements.
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Common-Core Writers Issue Math 'Publishers' Criteria' - Curriculum Matters - Education ... - 0 views
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The lead writers of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics have finalized a set of guidelines for curricular materials
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The so-called "publishers' criteria" document homes in on the issues of focus, coherence, and rigor, and gets pretty specific at times. It suggests, for instance, that elementary math textbooks should be fewer than 200 pages in length, and that at any given grade level, approximately three-fourths of instructional time should be devoted to the "major work of each grade."
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In addition, the criteria spell out when it is appropriate for certain topics to be assessed in
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