Common Core State Standards

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    Common Core State Standards

  • Background

    State education chiefs, gathered for a CCSSO policy forum, discussed the need for one set of shared academic standards.

  • The report

    GA, CCSSO, and Achieve release Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education. The report, guided by an advisory group that included governors, state education chiefs, and leading education researchers, recommended states “upgrade state standards by adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts for grades K-12 to ensure that students are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be globally competitive.”

  • Initiative

  • Development

    Development begins on the college and career ready standards to address what students are expected to know and understand by the time they graduate from high school. Following that work, an initial feedback group receives the first draft of college and career readiness graduation standards for review.

  • Commitment

    CCSSO and NGA announce commitment from governors and chief state school officers from 49 states and territories to participate in a state-led process to develop common standards in for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. By September, the finally tally will include 51 states and territories.

  • Feedback,

    States and feedback group provide further guidance to CCSSO and NGA on draft college and career readiness standards.

  • A draft

    NGA and CCSSO release for public comment a draft of college and career ready standards (a product of input from the standards' writing team, state education agency leaders, and a panel of outside education experts and practitioners). Nearly 1,000 responses, summarized here, were received from educators and the public.

  • First Draft K-12

    First draft of the K-12 grade by grade college and career readiness standards is released for comment by chiefs and other state education agency staff (the states). This draft – the college and career readiness standards – is incorporated into the grade by grade standards and are now known as the “K-12 grade by grade college and career readiness standards.”

  • Realed for Public Coments

    CCSSO and NGA release draft K-12 grade by grade college and career readiness standards for public comment on www.corestandards.org. Educators and members of the public provide comments, summarized here.

  • Final Common Core Standards

    NGA and CCSSO release the final Common Core State Standards.
    CCSSO and NGA release report summarizing the work of the validation committee,