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ACT Provides Insight on the Common Core State Standards and College Readiness Levels
ACT, Inc. released a new report on December 6, 2010 intended to assist states as they begin implementing the Common Core State Standards, a U.S. education initiative announced on June 1, 2009.
A state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Common Core State Standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators and experts to provide a framework to properly prepare American children for college and the workforce.
About the Common Core State Standards
According to the Common Core State Standards website, the Standards:
- Are aligned with college and work expectations
- Are clear, understandable and consistent
- Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills
- Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards
- Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society
- Are evidence-based
Implementing the Common Core State Standards to Increase College and Career Readiness
As of October 2010, forty-one states have adopted the Standards, and implementing the Standards by realizing their purpose of increasing college and career readiness of high school graduates has now taken on primary importance.
ACT, the Iowa City-based nonprofit organization best-known for its college entrance exam, played a leading role in the development of the Common Core State Standards and ACT
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