Looking Back on Year 1: Teachers’ and Principals’ Perspective on the Common Core

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Abstract

As a part of its 2010 Race to the Top grant award, the state of North Carolina pledged to adopt the Common Core standards in mathematics and English language arts (ELA) to address the requirement in the grant that the state adopt more rigorous standards and assessments. This study, a subcomponent of the overall evaluation of North Carolina’s implementation of the Race to the Top initiatives, explores educators’ perspectives with regard to the Common Core, after they had experienced one year of implementation. Educators felt that the standards would help students develop skills for life-long learning. Educators also expressed that a lack of reliable resources, information on assessments, and time were the biggest obstacles they faced to successful implementation.

Authors

• Lauren H. Bryant, North Carolina State University

• Avril Smart, North Carolina State University