# Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation ## Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation 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. ![Teaching Higher](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/2025-06/teaching_higher_image.jpg?itok=FWvLBIKT) **Location:** Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, & New Mexico **Timeline:** 2014–16 **Principal Investigator:** [Thomas J. Kane](/people/thomas-j-kane) **Reports:** [Full Report](/file_url/954), [Report Abstract](/file_url/956) Partners People Publications Presentations News ## Partners ### Education Agencies Delaware Department of Education Maryland State Department of Education Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education New Mexico Public Education Department Nevada Department of Education ### Organizational Partners America Achieves ### Funders Bloomberg Philanthropies The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ## People [### Thomas J. Kane ](/people/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 ![tom_kane_2022_revised_pic_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cepr/files/tom_kane_2022_revised_pic_1.jpg?itok=tVJBFxVr) [### Kate Larned ](/people/kate-larned)Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Fellowship Alumna Senior Research Associate, Annenberg Institute at Brown University ![kate](/sites/g/files/omnuum9881/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cepr/files/larnedk.jpeg?itok=rh1rTcs2) ## Publications Download 1 citation download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=10&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_projectname%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=89826&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B1%5D=book_chapter&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B2%5D=journal_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B3%5D=conference_paper&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B4%5D=conference_proceedings&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B5%5D=newspaper_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B6%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B7%5D=web_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B8%5D=thesis&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B9%5D=report&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B10%5D=film&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B11%5D=broadcast&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B12%5D=artwork&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B13%5D=software&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B14%5D=audiovisual&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B15%5D=hearing&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B16%5D=case&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B17%5D=bill&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B18%5D=statute&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B19%5D=patent&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B20%5D=personal&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B21%5D=manuscript&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B22%5D=map&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B23%5D=chart&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B24%5D=unpublished&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B25%5D=database&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B26%5D=government_report&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B27%5D=classical&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B28%5D=legal_ruling&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B29%5D=miscellaneous&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B30%5D=miscellaneous_section&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B31%5D=journal&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B32%5D=website&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B33%5D=web_service&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B34%5D=web_project_page&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B35%5D=working_paper&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B36%5D=data&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - 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J. (2016). *[Askwith Forum – Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation](/publications/teaching-higher-presentation)*. Kane, T. J. (2016). *[Askwith Forum – Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation](/publications/teaching-higher-presentation)*. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on 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... ## News [### For State Leadership, the Common Core Is a Boon ](/news/state-leadership-common-core-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. Over the past few years, the Common Core State Standards have been... [### Never judge a book by its cover—use student achievement instead ](/news/never-judge-book-its-cover%E2%80%94use-student-achievement-instead) March 03, 2016 CEPR Faculty Director Thomas J. Kane proposes an evaluation of textbooks and other instructional materials in the following Brookings Institution report. They say never judge a book by its cover. We need to start judging textbooks and other instructional... [### The Surprising Impact That Common Core Is Already Making On Schools ](/news/surprising-impact-common-core-already-making-schools) February 29, 2016 CEPR's recent report, Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation, is highlighted in the following article from Forbes. To keep up with the demands of the new Common Core curriculum standards, teachers have made major changes to... [### Study Tracks Instructional Shifts Under Common Core ](/news/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. A new study of educators in five states finds that the Common Core State Standards have fostered... [### Where Are Teachers Getting Their Common-Core Instructional Materials? ](/news/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. A new study found that teachers are mainly relying on... [### Harvard Center Releases Report on First Full Year of Common Core Implementation ](/news/harvard-center-releases-report-first-full-year-common-core-implementation) February 09, 2016 Research Shows Teachers Embraced New Standards and Adjusted Instruction to Meet Higher Bar; Provides New Evidence on Strategies Related to Improved Student Performance. Cambridge, MA (February 9, 2016) – Today, researchers at the Center for Education... 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