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Friday, February 15, 2013

UPDATE: Missouri Education Watchdog: If Common Core Standards REALLY Were State Led...

Missouri Education Watchdog: If Common Core Standards REALLY Were State Led...:


Excellent Observation from a Reader on Common Core Standards

We previously wrote asking why Common Core Standards were copyrighted by the NGA and CCSSO.  After all, if they were state led and state standards currently aren't copyrighted, why would copyrighting occur with these standards?

The disclaimers might be even a more important aspect of the NGA/CCSSO public license.

A reader responded:

Basically, if your student completes 12 years of CCSS and is NOT college ready, the controlling 



If Common Core Standards REALLY Were State Led...

...would the standards then need to be copyrighted?

Look at this language from the Common Core State Standards Initiative website on who developed and owns the standards:

Attribution; Copyright Notice:

NGA Center/CCSSO shall be acknowledged as the sole owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards, and no claims to the contrary shall be made.

Any publication or public display shall include the following notice: “© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.”