Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation

Project Status: Current
Focus Area: School Improvement and Redesign
Location: Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, & New Mexico
Timeline: 2014–16
Principal Investigator: Thomas J. Kane
Reports: Full Report, Report Abstract

Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has resolved the struggle over the federal role in education, leaders in the remaining Common Core states can refocus attention on the standards, the assessments, and the supports teachers and students need to succeed on them. To inform those efforts, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University surveyed a representative sample of teachers in five states (Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Nevada) as they prepared their students to take the new Common Core-aligned assessments in the spring of 2015.

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Thomas J. Kane

Faculty Director
Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Member, Yidan Prize Foundation Council of Luminaries

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Kate Larned

Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellow Alum
Doctoral Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education

PIER Summer Residency Placement: Providence Public Schools (RI)

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Kane, T. J. (2016). Askwith Forum – Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation.Abstract

With the debate over the federal role in education at rest with the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), it is time to refocus attention on how to help the states move forward and succeed using the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In this Askwith Forum, Professor Thomas Kane will share findings about CCSS implementation strategies from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. This will be followed by a panel of educators, who will share their experiences, pain points, and successes with the CCSS over this past year.

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For State Leadership, the Common Core Is a Boon

March 22, 2016

CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane shares findings from a recent report, Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation, in the following article by Education Week.... Read more about For State Leadership, the Common Core Is a Boon

Never judge a book by its cover—use student achievement instead

March 3, 2016

CEPR Faculty Director Thomas J. Kane proposes an evaluation of textbooks and other instructional materials in the following Brookings Institution report.... Read more about Never judge a book by its cover—use student achievement instead

The Surprising Impact That Common Core Is Already Making On Schools

February 29, 2016

CEPR's recent report, Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation, is highlighted in the following article from Forbes.... Read more about The Surprising Impact That Common Core Is Already Making On Schools

Study Tracks Instructional Shifts Under Common Core

February 16, 2016

Findings from the Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation Report are featured in the following Education Week article.... Read more about Study Tracks Instructional Shifts Under Common Core

Where Are Teachers Getting Their Common-Core Instructional Materials?

February 11, 2016

Findings from the Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation Report are used to examine instructional materials in the classroom in the following Education Week blog post.... Read more about Where Are Teachers Getting Their Common-Core Instructional Materials?

Harvard Center Releases Report on First Full Year of Common Core Implementation

February 9, 2016

Research Shows Teachers Embraced New Standards and Adjusted Instruction to Meet Higher Bar; Provides New Evidence on Strategies Related to Improved Student Performance.... Read more about Harvard Center Releases Report on First Full Year of Common Core Implementation

Did the Common Core assessments cause the decline in NAEP scores?

November 5, 2015

CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane discusses the discrepancy between NAEP test scores in states that participate in Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) against those with similar prior achievement in the following Brookings Institution paper.... Read more about Did the Common Core assessments cause the decline in NAEP scores?

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Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation

Thomas J. Kane

Kate Larned

For State Leadership, the Common Core Is a Boon

Never judge a book by its cover—use student achievement instead

The Surprising Impact That Common Core Is Already Making On Schools

Study Tracks Instructional Shifts Under Common Core

Where Are Teachers Getting Their Common-Core Instructional Materials?

Harvard Center Releases Report on First Full Year of Common Core Implementation

Did the Common Core assessments cause the decline in NAEP scores?

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