What exactly will Common Core standards require in each grade? Handy parent guides spell it out
The National PTA partnered with experts on the new Common Core State Standards that are being widely rolled out in Oregon schools this year to create grade-by-grade guides for parents.
Click on your child's grade level, or any grade you're curious about, to see what a student can expect and how you can help.
For high school, there is a single guide in math and another in English for all four grade levels.
For grade eight and lower, each guide provides an overview of what a student should learn by the end of the grade in mathematics and English language arts/literacy.
PTA leaders say that, as the largest volunteer child advocacy organization — with membership of approximately 5 million parents, families, students, and teachers — PTA is uniquely positioned to be a credible, non-partisan voice in the initiative to move schools to using the Common Core. That initiative matches PTA’s priority of offering equity and opportunity to all children, they say.
-- Betsy Hammond
