The Obama administration announced a new proposal Sunday as part of its recommendations for an overhaul to the No Child Left Behind Act that would require states to adopt "college- and career-ready standards" in reading and mathematics to be eligible for Title 1 funding, which goes to schools with students from disadvantaged families. The current law requires states only adopt "challenging academic standards" and lets each state define what those standards, Sam Dillon of The New York Times reports. The result was a highly varied set of state educational standards.
"Because economic progress and educational achievement go hand in hand, educating every American student to graduate prepared for college and success in a new work force is a national imperative,” the White House said in a statement. “Meeting this challenge requires that state standards reflect a level of teaching and learning needed for students to graduate ready for success in college and careers." Since last year, "48 states have been collaborating to write common standards in math and reading," Dillon reports, with Texas and Alaska chosing not to participate.
So far only Kentucky has formally pledge to replace its state standards with common national standards. Adopting the new rules may be the easiest route to Title 1 funding. The White House statement explained the rewrite of No Child Left Behind would "require all states to adopt and certify that they have college- and career-ready standards which may include common standards developed by a state-led consortium, as a condition of qualifying for Title I funding." (Read more)
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