Common Core implementation on pace |
On Board Online • February 25, 2013
By Paul Heiser
New York is one of 21 states that have fully developed plans for implementing the Common Core State Standards in the three key areas of teacher professional development, curriculum guides, and teacher-evaluation systems, according to a survey of state education agencies done by Education First and the Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. The 21 states with fully developed plans represent a substantial increase from only seven states reporting this level of progress one year ago.
Forty-seven states – including the District of Columbia – have stated their intent to put the Common Core in place and all 47 reported having a formal implementation plan for transitioning to the new standards. However, states are at various stages of implementation. The survey found that:
- Forty-one states indicated that they have fully developed implementation plans in at least one of the three specific categories, an increase from 28 states in 2011. Three states have not yet completed a fully developed plan in any category, compared with 18 states in 2011.
- Six states indicated that they are further away from the goal of completing fully developed plans for a particular implementation area in 2012 than they reported a year earlier.
- As was the case in 2011, states are furthest along in their planning related to teacher professional development.
- All but one state reported having either a fully developed plan to provide teachers with professional development aligned to the Common Core (37 states) or a plan in development (nine states).