Yesterday the Utah State Board of Education made a presentation to some Utah legislators entitled “Common Core and the Utah Education Transformation Plan”. A small group of concerned parents compiled these questions and facts in response to their slides.
I am confused. I read in the Salt Lake Tribune we did not have Common Core in UT. Or is it just in some districts. Please let me know. I am very concerned. Thank you.
Common Core was approved in Utah in 2010 and implemented in 2011-12. All state funded schools (district and charter) are required to use the Common Core standards, assessments, and thus aligned curriculum. I don’t know if you misread the Trib article, but we are definitely on Common Core.
The last paragraph on slide 30 is succinct and cogent. Is it a quote, or original to “Rebuttal to the USBE Common Core Presentation”?
It’s a statement the drafter of the rebuttal wrote.