Common Core State Standards

Common Core State Standards

1. Benefits

   • Flexibility
   • Higher level thinking skills
     • Enables students to become better writers and develop essential literacy skills
     • Essential life skill
   • Cross-disciplinary
   • Provides detailed outline of what is to be learned in specific content area and grade level
     • Clearly defined markers of what students should know and be able to do at each level of their K–12 schooling

2. Challenges

   • Full Implementation
     • Are teachers going to be able to adjust/adapt content and curriculum successfully to meet each standard?
   • Need for better knowledge and education regarding standards
     • Have not learned much about CCSS in my education courses
   • Testing
     • How will this change the way students are assessed?
       • What about my students that are at different academic levels?
     • Additional pressure to 'teach to the test'?

3. Personal Concerns and Questions

   • Impact on English language learners, students with disabilities, and students who are poor and low-performing students?
   • How will my approach to CCSS change depending on diversity and abilities of my students?