Common Core Origins and Goals
The year the Common Core was officially released
What is 2010?
This principle of the Common Core established what students should learn but did not dictate how teachers should teach
What is teacher autonomy?
The decision makers of whether or not to adopt and implement the Common Core Standards
What are states?
The main reason parents, students, and teachers grew tired of testing during CCSS implementation
What is overtesting?
The modern focus that is replacing civic ideals
What is career readiness?
The two primary subjects included in the Common Core
What are English Language Arts and Math?
Decisions on how to implement the Common Core, including teacher supports, were made at these levels
What are the state and local levels?
The number of states that originally adopted the Common Core standards
What is 45?
The political party with the strongest opposition to CCSS by 2016
Who are Republicans?
The reform era leader who promoted moral education
Who is Horace Mann?
The location of the Common Core announcement
What is Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, GA?
Teachers helped shape the Common Core through these national organizations
What are the NEA (National Education Association), AFT (American Federation of Teachers), NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), and NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)?
The state often used as a case study for Common Core backlash
What is New York?
The organization criticized for its heavy influence and funding of CCSS development
What is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
The core democratic value schools should promote
What is citizenship?
The Common Core sought to close achievement gaps by race and income in pursuit of this principle.
What is equity?
Future implementation and revisions of the Common Core were to remain under this kind of non-federal management process
What is state consultation or collaboration?
The governor criticized for linking test scores to evaluations
Who is Andrew Cuomo?
The percent of the public supporting the CCSS in 2012
What is 63%?
The key civic skill Neem says schools must teach
What is empathy?
The two groups that led to the development of the Common Core
What are the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)?
The two-state led consortia focused on assessment readiness
What are the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced)?
The movement where parents refused testing
What is the opt-out movement?
The term used by McDonald, Fraser, and Neuman to describe CCSS as still present but largely forgotten
What is "oblivion"?
The type of reform Neem calls for
What is Grassroots Reform?