FACT SHEET Data Collection and the Common Core

General Information Longitudinal Data System The Common Core Standards establish high-quality academic expectations in English lan- General Information guage arts (ELA) and mathematics that define the knowledge and skills all students should The Statewide Longitudinal Data master by the end of each grade to be on track for success in college and career. System allows Kansas to continue efforts „„ The Common Core Standards initiative was led by states through the National Gover- to provide schools and districts with nor’s Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. necessary data to inform instruction and ensure every student receives the most „„ The federal government was not involved in the standards development and has not appropriate education possible. mandated adoption of the standards.  The Common Core Standards do „„ A diverse team of teachers, parents, administrators, researchers and content experts not contain requirements related to developed the Common Core to be academically rigorous, attainable for students and data collection. practical for teachers and districts.  Kansas has had a student level data „„ Kansas revises its content standards every seven years. The Kansas math and reading system since 2005 and there are a standards were due to be revised in 2010. number of data points the state is required to collect. „„ Kansas review committees, made up of Kansas educators, joined education experts from other states in reviewing and providing feedback to the Common Core Standards.  The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) collects a variety „„ Standards are not curriculum. Standards identify where a student should be academically of information on Kansas students, at a point in time. Curriculum is how students get there and is determined by local school including such things as date districts. of birth, race/ethnicity, gender, program participation including „„ The Common Core Standards are benchmarked to international standards to ensure our status related to English language students are competitive at home and around the world. proficiency or special education, „„ The Common Core Standards are supported by business and industry, as demonstrated performance on state assessments, by the open letter published in the New York Times in February 2013 and reprinted on as well as students who qualify for the back side of this document. free/reduced priced meals.

„„ Implementation of the standards is completely in the hands of states and local school  Required reports of this data are districts. only provided in the aggregate, meaning only statewide, district „„ States that adopted the Common Core Standards were able to add unique, state- and building data is provided, not specific content to the standards. In Kansas, we incorporated an emphasis on Career student level data. and Technical Education. The standards, with that emphasis, are known as the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS).  The adoption of the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards has no „„ Upon the recommendation of the Kansas Math and Reading Review Committees, the impact on the state’s data collection State Board of Education adopted the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards requirements. in October 2010, a full year before states were aware that waivers to NCLB would be available.  The KSDE DOES NOT collect infor- mation on political affiliations or „„ Contrary to claims the Common Core Standards were mandated in the federal Race to beliefs; sex behavior or attitudes; the Top (RTTT) grant competition, only internationally benchmarked college and career religious practices, affiliations or ready standards were required. At least one state that received a RTTT grant did not beliefs or income of the student or adopt the Common Core Standards. 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Broussard | CEO & Education SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY Board & CEO President John Celli | President And Here’s Why As business leaders, we believe that ALL American children have CCSS set consistent, focused, rigorous academic expectations for all a right to an education that prepares them to be successful in a students, and 46 states and the District of Columbia have already competitive global economy. We also understand that in order to adopted them. The CCSS serve as a necessary foundation for making compete in a knowledge-based, global economy, we must improve the changes needed to improve student achievement and ensure the academic performance of our students. The United States is once the United States’ educational and economic preeminence. again at a critical place in its quest for educational excellence, and We support these new, tougher academic standards that are the need for a strong employer voice is greater than ever. America’s currently being rolled out in classrooms across the country. These business leaders can make a positive difference for schools, students standards will better prepare students for college and the workplace, and the country’s future if we join together and our expecta- something of critical importance to the nation’s employers. The tions for education and our support for the people and institutions changes now under way in America’s schools hold great promise for that move education reform forward. creating a more highly skilled workforce that is better equipped to The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative, led by the meet the needs of local, state and national economies. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the To learn more about the CCSS and how you can support, go to: Council of Chief State School Officers, has produced K–12 standards www.achievethecore.org/business-speaks-for-the-core in the foundational subjects of math and English that meet the business community’s expectations: they are college- and career- ready, grounded in evidence and internationally benchmarked. The – published in the New York Times, Feb. 12, 2013

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May 2013