Common Core: A Year or More at ALA Annual 2015

The Core: A Year (or More) In, How Does

This Affect Libraries?

Wendy StephensJune 28, 2015

http://www.corestandards.org/standards-in-your-state/(June 2015)

Which states have adopted (and kept) CCSS? And does it even matter?

http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states(March 2014)

Which states have adopted (and kept) CCSS? And does it even matter?

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And does it even matter?

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www.edweek.org/media/commonstandardsmoa.doc

Next up: testing

The burden of computer- based assessments

What won’t work

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/duncan-tries-to-quell-uproar-over-common-core-comments/2013/11/18/b88376d8-5085-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html

Demoralizing students

http://www.timesunion.com/news/slideshow/Parents-and-students-protest-Common-Core-74350.php

Backlash

Backlash

Backlash

Backlash

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Defining what CCSS is and isn’t

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Cui bono?

TelecomEd tech companiesPublishers (especially of nonfiction)“Reformers” seeking to

de-professionalize education

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Wendy StephensCullman High SchoolCullman, Alabama

[email protected]@wsstephens

“Testing Under the Microscope: How Common Core-Aligned Tests Place Demands on Time, Technology, and Connectivity.” (Sept/Oct. 2014.) Knowledge Quest. https://goo.gl/182e81