Common Core State Standards Research Paper

One of the controversial topics of these recent years is now engulfing the education establishment. Very few people fully understand the implications of Common Core State Standards in the United States, but experts like educators, journalist, scholars, etc., who are in association with other teachers and researchers lead the way in making sense of them. Recently, though, new studies have emerged to provide data on the little-known truths from myths of Common Core, often referred to as a better way of standards and assessments than No Child Left Behind era. Common Core is a set of “higher standards” focusing only in Mathematics and English Language Arts in that way students are supposed to be well prepared for college or work fields. Common …show more content…
This “higher standards” are often leaving students with special needs struggling to be at the same level as every other student at the standard state level. At this point of time Common Core has only release one document titled “Application to Students with Disabilities”. In this document it reads, “Assistive technology devices and services to ensure access to the general education curriculum and the Common Core State Standards” and earlier in this document it also states, “The Common Core State Standards articulate rigorous grade-level expectations in the areas of mathematics and English language arts” (Common Core State Standards). Now it shows how the organizations of Common Core agree with their level of standards to be “rigorous” or in other terms harsh expectations. This shows how it only gives vague descriptions and not state how the services would work nor how what are the actual services would be. Yet, in the same document it reads for students with more cognitive disabilities that there are “[t]hese supports and accommodations should ensure that students receive access to multiple means of learning and opportunities to demonstrate knowledge, but retain the rigor and high expectations of the Common Core State Standards” (Common Core State Standards). Again another example showcasing that Common Core State are giving vague ideas and no precise information with what they actually can provide …show more content…
In ASCD’s document asserts, “ By its estimates, the initial, one-time expenses of transitioning to the Common Core standards would cost, for example, New York State an additional $71 million (or $26.oo per student) and Iowa $16 million (or $33.00 per student)” (ASCD 4). This is the initial cost and although it is only a “one-time expense” it does not promise this price to reoccur. As well as stating information regarding the additional cost after the math is done using the initial cost. Another strong indicator the cost of applying these standards already cost an extreme amount of money, and that does not counting the extra amount on helping these students adjust from this new level of “higher standards”. In a 2012 study called, “Putting a Price Tag on the Common Core: How Much Will Smart Implementation Cost?”, constructed the costs for putting into action of Common Core will change, depending on how much a state buys in. The study detailed three levels of approaches – a “Bare Bones” rollout plan, a “Business as Usual” traditional plan (the priciest) and a hybrid, or “Balanced Implementation,” combining the most and least expensive elements. (Murphy, Regenstein and McNamara 2). Common Core struggles to find a price that is meet at every states school budget. This indicates the frustration of leaving students in low income schools to still face a different level of oppression due to the inadequate amount of