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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

The Hechinger Report

In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.

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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

In my first post in the series we explored how redefining what your data is for and how best to capture it can save many hours of tedium and time wastage. My second post examined a number of useful resources for how to create shortcuts in your lesson planning, without sacrificing quality or outcomes.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

So how to reap the benefits of competency-based education and make sure parents, teachers and other stakeholders are on board? We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . So how to bridge the chasm? We check in with the schools in the process of figuring that out.

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Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target

The Hechinger Report

But measuring how well schools are reaching English-learners is not easy, at least not from looking at the state’s accountability data. Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. “There’s a front that says this is a good thing because it’s raising standards.

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Does Common Core Ask Too Much of Kindergarten Readers?

MindShift

For states adopting Common Core, the standards apply to kindergarten, laying out what students should be able to do by the end of the grade.* While Common Core aligned assessments don’t kick in until third grade, many teachers feel pressure to make sure kids are meeting the specified standards before they move on to first grade.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala. That push for a common, connected curriculum also includes what happens before, and during, kindergarten. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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