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Common core state standards : background and issues /
In recent years, federal education legislation has placed an increased emphasis on assessment in schools. Perhaps most notably, Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act, has required all states that receive Title I-A funds to test all p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Common Core State Standards and Assessments: Background and Issues*; Summary; Introduction; Current Law Requirements for Standards and Assessments; Standards under Current Law; Content Standards; Performance Standards6; Standards versus Curriculum; Prohibitions against Federal Mandates, Direction, or Control; ESEA Provisions; GEPA Provisions; Common Core State Standards Initiative.
- Race to the Top and Common Core State Standards and AssessmentsRTT State Grants; RTT Assessment Grants; ESEA Flexibility Package and Common Core State Standards and Assessments; College- and Career-Ready Expectations for All Students; College- and Career-Ready Standards; High-Quality Assessments68; Common Core State Standards and Teacher Evaluation; Race to the Top; ESEA Flexibility Package; Issues Related to the Implementation of Common Core State Standards and Aligned Assessments; States' Voluntary Adoption and Implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
- National Standards and National AssessmentsNational Standards versus National Curriculum; States that Initially Agree to Use the Common Core State Standards and Subsequently Drop Them; Teacher Evaluation and Implementation Timeline; Technology-Based Assessment; Long-Term Maintenance of the Common Core State Standards and Aligned Assessments; ESEA Reauthorization and the Common Core State Standards and Assessments; Appendix A. State Participation in Race to the Top, Common Core State Standards, and ESEA Flexibility Package; Appendix B. Selected Acronyms Used in This Report; End Notes.
- Chapter 2: Common Core State Standards: Frequently Asked Questions(Summary; Frequently Asked Questions; What NCLB Requirements Apply to Academic Standards; and Assessments?; What Are the Common Core State Standards?; How Many States Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards?; What Role Has the Federal Government Played in the Development, Adoption, and Implementation of the Common Core State Standards?; RTT State Grants; RTT Assessment Grants; ESEA Flexibility Package; Do States Have to Adopt and Implement the Common Core; State Standards?
- What Is the Difference between Standards and Curriculum?Will the Common Core State Standards Lead to National Standards, National Assessments, or a National Curriculum?; How Do the Common Core State Standards Relate; to Teacher Evaluation?; Are There Legislative Decisions Approaching That Are Potentially Relevant to the Common Core State Standards?; End Notes; Chapter 3: Assessment in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Primer*; Summary; Overview; Assessment Framework; Purposes of Educational Assessment; Instructional; Predictive; Diagnostic (Identification); Evaluative.