Arizona’s Common Core Standards Preparing Arizona students for college, career and life Across the state, Arizona’s Common Core Standards are being implemented to ensure that all students have the academic knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, career and life. To support their implementation, the Arizona Public Engagement Task Force - an independently formed statewide collaborative of more than 30 organizations – has worked in partnership with the Arizona Department of Education to provide information and resources to parents, educators, students and business leaders about the standards. The Task Force has also created the Arizona’s Common Core Standards Communications Tool Kit that provides superintendents, principals, teachers and other community leaders with the tools to communicate to families and community members about the standards. Why should Common Core matter to you? It prepares Arizona students to be college and/or career ready. What are Arizona’s Common Core Standards (ACCS)? Arizona joined with 46 other states to create the next generation of K-12 standards in English language arts and mathematics. These standards provide a consistent framework to prepare students for success in college and/or the 21st century workplace. The Arizona State Board of Education adopted ACCS on June 28, 2010. About the Standards The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, education leaders, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce. This state-led effort was coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The standards are informed by the highest, most effective models from states across the country and countries around the world, and provide teachers and parents with a common understanding of what students are expected to learn. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. The standards: Align with college and work expectations; Are clear, understandable and consistent; Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; Informed by other top performing countries to prepare all students to succeed in our global economy and society; and Are evidence-based. How do you know if your student is meeting the new standards? Arizona is a governing state in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). These new grades 3 through high school assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness and will replace the current AIMS test to measure student’s progress in the 2014-2015 school year. It will be an assessment of Arizona’s Common Core Standards that were adopted by the Arizona State Board of Education in June 2010. “Simply put, ‘College and career readiness’ is the umbrella under which many education and workforce policies, programs and initiatives thrive.” (Achieve, Inc., 2012)
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:29:48 +0000
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