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Common Core Conversations In Ct: Analyzing Public Testimonies, Richelle Benjamin Apr 2015

Common Core Conversations In Ct: Analyzing Public Testimonies, Richelle Benjamin

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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is an effort to minimize the learning gap between high- and low-achieving students in the United States by providing a set of standards all students must meet by the end of each grade level. Although 43 states have adopted the CCSS, there are varied opinions on whether this new reform will create positive change within America’s school systems. This research examined the opinions of citizens in Connecticut by analyzing written testimonies from a public hearing that took place in Hartford on March 12, 2014. The results show that two main groups expressed support of …