A Third Consortia Emerging in Common Core State (sic) Standards
Another private organization jumps into the public/private partnership to take over public school educational delivery/education:
From Reuters.com:
From Reuters.com:
New ACT Assessment System to be Named ACT Aspire(TM)
System Will Better Connect Assessment to Teaching and Learning
System Will Better Connect Assessment to Teaching and Learning
IOWA CITY, Iowa-ACT, Inc., the nonprofit leader in college and career readiness assessment, today announced new details about its upcoming "next generation" assessment system. The new program, which will span elementary grades through high school, will be called ACT Aspire.
Development of ACT Aspire was initially announced in July and is ongoing. The goal of the system will be to provide educators, parents and students with the insights they need to help students get and stay on track for college and career readiness starting early in their academic careers by better connecting assessment, teaching and learning.
"We have drawn on our decades of experience and data to create a breakthrough assessment system designed to help students stay on target to reach their full potential throughout their educational journey," said Jon