Posts published on January 10, 2011

Implementing K-12 Common Core Curriculum For College Readiness Will Take Years

Most states plan to revise professional development for teachers by next year to help them teach to the new common core standards, but it will take two or more years to complete anticipated changes in curriculum, assessment and other elements of the K-12 system to adapt to college ready goals, according to a Center on Education Policy survey. Common Core is designed to better link k-12 curriculum to college readiness, but this survey is another indicator of how long it will take. Forty states have adopted common core.