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  Although the Clawson School District in Michigan recently met the state’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), officials feel there is still room for improvement, which the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative may be able to help fast track, Clawson Patch reported. Results that were released by the Michigan Department of Education show that Clawson […]

  The majority of K-8 students in the state of Iowa participate in the Iowa Statewide Testing Program and take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), according to the website for The University of Iowa, the institution that administers the assessment. In the North Winneshiek School, educators set specific goals with each student and […]

Third-grade students in Florida who were recommended for being held back had the chance to improve their reading scores over their summer vacations with the Highland County Summer Reading Program, the News Sun reports. This initiative is lead annually by the state Department of Education and is offered to third-grade students in many school districts […]

School leaders from North Carolina’s New Hanover County Board of Education recently met to discuss the possibility of accepting a five-day waiver that was offered to them by the state, Star News Online reports. These five professional days would be used to discuss how the Common Core State Standards can be smoothly integrated into their […]

  When Colorado school officials decided that it was time to update their curriculum, they chose to adopt the Common Core State Standards, according to Coloradoan. Melissa Colsman, director of teaching and learning for the state Department of Education, said that ultimately, they were searching for "fewer, clearer, higher standards." According to its website, the […]

  The Common Core State Standards mandates that in order to be prepared for college or the workforce, students must be able to "use technology and digital media strategically and capably." In order to comply with this new national curriculum, many schools across the country are searching for ways to integrate technology into their classrooms. […]

  Officials from Challenger School, a private institution in Utah, recently announced that this year, its students received the highest scores on their Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the school’s history. Their 2011 test results indicated that the school’s kindergarten students scored in the 96th percentile, meaning that they had better results than 96 percent […]

As the Utah State Board of Education expects the Common Core State Standards to be fully-implemented by 2013, teachers in the Cache Valley recently met to study the curriculum and discuss how they can incorporate the changes into the classrooms, The Herald Journal reports. The Common Core State Standards is a national initiative that strives […]

In July 2010, the Arkansas Board of Education announced that its schools plan to adopt the Common Core State Standards, the Crawford County Press Argus-Courier reports. Now, in order to prepare for this change, teachers in Crawford County are working hard this summer. These teachers are meeting with individuals who have already studied the Common […]

  According to the Common Core State Standards’ website, more than 40 states have already adopted the system that aims to ensure that students across the country are exposed to the same curriculum. This has prompted discussion from educators about whether or not this is actually a good thing for the nation’s youth. While some […]