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Knudson, Joel; Hannan, Stephanie; O'Day, Jennifer; Castro, Marina – California Collaborative on District Reform, 2015
The Common Core State Standards represent an exciting step forward for California, and for the nation as a whole, in supporting instruction that can better prepare students for college and career success. Concurrent with the transition to the new standards, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), of which California is a governing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Measurement, Educational Assessment
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Loring, Ariel – CATESOL Journal, 2013
This paper addresses the ideal of "citizenship" in the US and how particular meanings of history, culture, and language are encoded in government policy and practice. The US government (Citizenship and Immigration Services) presents citizenship as a commitment to shared knowledge and values, and it requires applicants to possess…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Immigrants, Language Proficiency
Araiza, Ricardo – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this replication study was to determine the degree to which teachers and administrators in selected low-achieving Title I elementary schools: 1. Report that they teach the following test-taking skills to prepare their students to take the CST: establishing an appropriate student attitude toward testing, familiarity with the…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Wiseness, Middle Schools, Test Content