Future Shock: Early Common Core implementation lessons from Ohio
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has long advocated for high
quality academic content standards nationally – and in our home
state of Ohio. In fact, the first report ever issued by Fordham,
in 1997, was State English Standards and rated English language
arts standards across 28 states, including Ohio. Just as we’ve
long called for high quality academic standards, the Buckeye
State was an early leader in embracing standards-based
education. So it is not surprising that Ohio committed itself in
2010 to adopting more rigorous academic content standards: Ohio
is one of 45 states and the District of Columbia that has
committed to implementing the Common Core standards in math and
English language arts by the start of the 2014-15 school year.
In 2011, Ohio joined 23 other states in adopting the Partnership
for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
assessment consortium. These are significant decisions for the
Buckeye State, its school