2009 Brookings Institution study says curriculum, not standards, correlates more directly w/student achievement. Does this make us view CCS in a new light? (Also the distinction between governance and curriculum reformers is an interesting one.)
Faith in Common Standards Not Enough
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Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft find no association between state scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and ratings of the quality of state standards. Moreover, their analyses suggest that the creation of common standards will have little impact on our future in and of…
