For months, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been debated throughout the media,
legislatures, education organizations, and households across the country. Education groups have released
statements both in favor1
of the standards and opposed.
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As these arguments are being tossed around, 44
states and D.C. are implementing CCSS and other states are implementing new college and career ready
state standards outside of the CCSS. AASA supports high standards for all students, be they through the
CCSS or other state-specific standards, but believes that schools and districts should be given the time
necessary to fully implement the standards before judging their success, and assessments should be used
in the manner for which they were designed and evaluated before any high-stakes outcomes are attached
to their results.
