The law that is known as "No Child Left Behind" is the primary statue governing the federal government's role in education. First passed during the Johnson administration as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it was revised in 2001 during the G.W. Bush administration to use standardized test scores as one measure of school accountability. The Obama administration proposed significant accountability changes in March 2010, which included the development of teacher and principal evaluation...

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Development of Common Core Standards engaged several organizations, specialists, national organizations, and states. The discussion below describes development from the spring of 2009 through early 2010. Since ACT, Achieve, and College Board Advisors were involved in the process, alignment of content and complexity were targets in Common Core Standard development.K-12 Common Core Standards originated from College and Career Readiness Standards, which were developed by an Advisory Group comprised...

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Curriculum work is fascinating, rewarding, and complex. This blog will familiarize you with "burning issues" such as Common Core Standards along with current developments. To subscribe, click on Curriculum Blog and the the link: Curriculum Blog Site

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