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In 2009, state leaders, including governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia, launched the state-led effort to develop the Common Core State Standards through their membership in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). State school chiefs and governors recognized the value of consistent, real-world learning goals and launched this effort to ensure all students, regardless of where they live, graduate from high school prepared for college, a career, and life in general.
In addition to the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, other organizations contributed to developing the Common Core State Standards. Those groups include Achieve, The Alliance for Excellent Education, the James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, the National Association of State Boards of Education, the Business Roundtable, ACT, and The College Board.
View this video on the Common Core State Standards(opens in a new tab) for a short overview of how the standards were designed to change the way that students learn and prepare for college and careers.
Designing and Developing the Common Core State Standards
Three criteria guided the design of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS):
The new standards should be fewer in number, more clear, and require a greater level of rigor from students.
The new standards should be based on research about what students need to be ready for college/and or careers after high school.
The new standards should be internationally benchmarked (that is, comparable to standards from high-performing countries all over the world).
In addition, development criteria for the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards were also created.
During the development process, the standards were divided into two categories:
The College and Career Readiness Standards, which address what students are expected to know and understand by the time they graduate from high school
The K-12 standards, which address expectations for elementary school through high school
The College and Career Readiness Standards were developed first and then incorporated into the K-12 standards in the final version of the current Common Core Standards. Standards were developed for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) received nearly 10,000 comments on the standards during two public comment periods. Many comments from teachers, parents, school administrators, and other citizens concerned with education policy shaped the final version of the standards.
Once the development process concluded, states began voluntarily adopting the Common Core State Standards based on their existing processes for implementing education standards. In most states, the state school board members formally accepted the standards. In others, the state superintendent of education, state legislature, or governor made or ratified the decision.
As of June 30, 2014, 41 states (see the map below), the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have adopted them and are implementing the standards according to their own timelines.