TAKING NOTE
NOVEMBER 2013
Tennessee’s Common Core Standards and should
be able to receive the training they need through their
educator preparation program. The Tennessee Higher
Education Commission has partnered with the Ayers
Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation to create
resources for educator training programs to use in
preparing new teachers to employ the Common Core
State Standards. The resources include videos of best
practices, full-length lessons, and curriculum guides,
which programs can use to integrate standards
training into their pre-service curriculum.
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Continuous improvement
The Common Core State Standards are helping to
set higher expectations for all students, preparing
them for success in college and career. However,
as expectations for college and career continue to
advance, education standards will need to keep pace.
It will be necessary to continue to align academic
standards to ensure students are prepared for
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from http://www.pta.org/files/2012_NPTA_PG-HS-MATH.pdf
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National PTA (2012). Parent’s Guide to Student Success: High School English. Retrieved
from http://pta.org/files/HS%20ELA_B-W.pdf
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