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 Middle School, Schalm Elementary and Kenwood Elementary schools all received an A, while Clawson High School was given a B, according to the news source. However, despite the fact that the institutions met the state’s AYP standards, students did not meet the goals that were established for elementary and middle school reading.
Michigan is currently in the process of adopting the CCSS, which Jan Ellis, a spokesperson for the state’s Department of Education, told the news outlet will establish specific academic goals for the district’s students.
"We want to raise the rigor of what students know, rather than lower the bar," Ellis told the news source.
According to the CCSS’ website, Michigan adopted the initiative on June 15, 2010.
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