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Draft content frameworks released for common standards
- 08-04-2011
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Blog by Catherine Gewertz/Education Week
Many educators and analysts have noted that there is a lot of empty space between adopting the new common standards and testing students to gauge mastery of those standards. Now, we are starting to see efforts to fill that space (think curriculum materials, professional development). Last night, a set of draft content frameworks landed. Billed as part of the "bridge" between standards and assessments, the frameworks were issued by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, one of the two big groups of states that have Race to the Top money to design common tests for the new standards in math and English/language arts. (more...)
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