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Massachusetts leads, California lags
- 05-19-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
California likes to be linked with Massachusetts as states with the nation’s most rigorous academic standards. Call it bragging by association. A big difference, though, is that the Bay State is also high-achieving – near the top of the National Assessment of Educational Progress state rankings, among other measures – while California bumps along year after year near the bottom. The two states’ approaches to evaluating common-core standards, being developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, are revealing as well – and tell a lot about how seriously the two states go about deciding education policy. While the concept of common math and English language arts K-12 standards and accompanying assessments is compelling, every state should be taking a hard look at the proposals and especially the cost implications of new curricula, assessments and textbooks. (more...)
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