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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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At School Grounded in Soul Music, Priorities Shift for Common Core

MindShift

By Alan Richard, The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about Common Core. News & World Report , based on criteria such as teacher-student ratios and college-admission scores.

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Tennessee Gives Pearson ‘Emergency’ Test Scoring Contract, Seeks New Vendor

Marketplace K-12

The contract covers only scoring and reporting Part I for grades 3-8 and Part I and Part II for high school. In late 2014, Pearson was replaced as the state’s test provider for the Tennessee standardized tests. Common Core Testing Market Dominated by Familiar Players.

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

Edsurge

We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . He says at Two Rivers, they’ve rooted evaluations in standardsCommon Core, Next Generation Science Standards—and that helps gets teachers invested. Some people need that data.”. That teachers can get behind.”.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012.

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Alma releases new standards tracker

eSchool News

Alma Technologies, a provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool intended to empower educators more effectively teach to proficiency against any set of academic standards. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

MindShift

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. That push for a common, connected curriculum also includes what happens before, and during, kindergarten. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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