According to a July 9 article in Education Week, nearly half the states have adopted the new set of common academic standards, just a month after their final release on June 2. The common standards developed by the NGA and the CCSSO initiative have been accepted in most of these states with little opposition. So far, 23 states have voted to replace their mathematics and English/language arts standards with the common set. By the end of the year, 41 states are expected to have adopted the standards, according to the Council of Chief State School Officers. The article states that although many challenges remain in crafting curricula and tests that embody the aims of the new standards, the mounting adoption numbers represent a major landscape change in a short time.
Read the complete Education Week article online at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/09/36standards.h29.html?tkn=MUNFptZyqujxIQndfOlCS7yFNan02zD1jWjU&cmp=clp-edweek
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