Common Core State Standards

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The Common Core State Standards: Facts and Fiction

Dec 10, 2012 by in Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, Curriculum development, Elementary education, English Language Arts (ELA), Fiction and non-fiction reading requirements, Literacy, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM), Teaching, Tumblehome Learning Comments Off

School reading lists are about to change. The adoption of the new Common Core State Standards mandates a significant shift in reading instruction, requiring that by the time students reach…