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Phasing in Common Core Standards and Accountability
Phasing in Common Core Standards and Accountability
In this Education Week article, consultants Jane Leibbrand and Alice Seagren say that the simultaneous implementation of Common Core State Standards and high-stakes accountability for students, teachers, and administrators is causing “trauma, drama, resignations, and meltdowns… Only policymakers far removed from the classroom could conceivably recommend mixing and pouring these two gargantuan movements into a blender and expecting teachers to drink up with nary a complaint or protest.”
“Any large-scale change requires a phase-in period,” say Leibbrand and Seagren. They believe five years is the right amount of time to provide the necessary orientation, training, and classroom materials, using assessments to fine-tune curriculum and teaching and gradually phasing in accountability.
“Charting a Common-Sense Course for the Common Core” by Jane Leibbrand and Alice Seagren in Education Week, May 7, 2014 (Vol. 33, #30, p. 1, 32-34), www.edweek.org
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