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NEA’s Involvement in the Common Core State Standards

How has NEA been involved in the development and implementation of the standards?

The NGA and CCSSO invited NEA to be a partner in the standards project. NEA decided to join the partnership for two major reasons: to acknowledge and participate in the broad support for common standards from many thoughtful groups; and to ensure that the concerns and voices of teachers were considered.

When the project released the first drafts of the Common Core State Standards for College and Workplace Readiness in mathematics and English language arts (ELA), the CCSS staff and writers met with two groups of NEA members who were National Board Certified teachers in either mathematics or ELA teachers. The standards project staff listened carefully to our members and made substantive changes in the standards based on the recommendations of the NEA teachers, as well as those of teachers from other organizations including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).


As the standards were expanded to include K-12, NEA teacher reviewers and staff continued to provide input to the various drafts. NEA in conjunction with other organizations including CCSSO, NGA, IRA, AFT, and others continues support implementation of the standards.


NEA believes that this work on Common Standards has the potential to provide teachers with far more manageable curriculum goals. Their broadness allows teachers to exercise professional judgment in planning instruction that promotes student success


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