"...the Nevada Department of Education is pleased to announce that the first official public draft of the K-12 standards as part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative were released today. NDE would like to encourage those interested to provide feedback on the standards by Friday, April 2, 2010, at http://www.corestandards.org/. At the website, a copy of the Mathematics and English Language Arts documents are provided, as well as a link to provide feedback. NDE encourages that you and your colleagues provide feedback on these documents. These draft standards, developed together with teachers, school administrators and experts, seek to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce. The standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. The standards are:
- Aligned with college and work expectations;
- 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, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and
- Evidence- and research-based.
The final edition of the standards are expected to be released in early Spring." (end forwarded message)
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