December 22, 2010 by Irene Sege
Photo: Michele McDonald for Strategies for Children
It’s official. Massachusetts has new curriculum frameworks that include pre-kindergarten and incorporate the Common Core State Standards approved in July. The final step came yesterday, when the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved the pre-k standards as part of broader frameworks in English language arts and mathematics. Last week, the Board of Early Education and Care (EEC) approved the aligned pre-kindergarten standards.
As I noted in a blog post last month, the pre-k standards are intended for children attending programs the year before they enter kindergarten. The final standards have not yet been posted online, but they contain only minor
