Thomas B. Fordham Institute
For Sustainability Models For The Common Core Assessment Consortia
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Amount$126,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/17/2012
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
With this funding, Fordham would develop a report addressing potential governance and sustainability models for the multistate Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. These consortia, which promise to dramatically improve testing of deeper learning knowledge and skills for a majority of U.S. schoolchildren, presently have no clear plans for operation or oversight after federal funding ends in the 2014–15 school year—when they deliver the first Common Core assessments.
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Grants to this Grantee
for sustainability models for the Common Core assessment consortia
With this funding, Fordham would develop a report addressing potential governance and sustainability models for the multistate Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. These consortia, which promise to dramatically improve testing of deeper learning knowledge and skills for a majority of U.S. schoolchildren, presently have no clear plans for operation or oversight after federal funding ends in the 2014–15 school year—when they deliver the first Common Core assessments.
for the review of state civics and history standards
The Fordham Institute promotes educational excellence for children by focusing on high expectations, quality choices, and personalized pathways. These focal points are pursued through research, analysis, and commentary. This grant supports an effort to analyze the country’s civics and history standards.
