The 15% Solution?

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When the Common Core standards take effect, some students in every grade will be prepared—but some won’t. McREL’s John Kendall writes that states can address the resulting gap in knowledge by cutting 15% of their current standards in order to find the time to help students prepare for the change. These “transition standards,” a mix of current state standards and content that anticipates the Common Core, would give schools time to determine how Common Core will impact instruction, curriculum, and assessment—and to examine data from existing assessments to help anticipate areas where students may excel and where they may need extra help.

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