The TACTE Standards Committee has been charged with keeping our membership informed on four major topics: Common Core Standards, the revision of InTASC Standards, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), and the merger of NCATE/TEAC. The committee intends to pass along information through timely e-mails and by utilizing the TACTE website.

 

Below you will find links to information relevant to each topic.

 

Common Core Standards: The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association (NGA) have released a set of Common Core Standards which were adopted by the state in July. The link below to the Achieving the Common Core provides up to date information on the roll out.

http://www.achieve.org/achievingcommoncore

 

InTASC Standards: The original INTASC Standards written in 1992 have been revised. 

The InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards will be released at the end of April in conjunction with the SCEE Summit and the National Teacher Recognition Week.
 The first link below will take you to the CCSSO website while the second provides a PDF of the new standards

http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/Interstate_Teacher_Assessment_Consortium_(InTASC).html

PDF of new standards: http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2010/Model_Core_Teaching_Standards_DRAFT_FOR_PUBLIC_COMMENT_2010.pdf

 

PARCC or Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers: The partnership of 26 states including Tennessee has been awarded $170 million in Race to the Top money to develop a shared set of K-12 assessments. The proposal calls for IHEs to help in the design and implementation of these new assessments.  Achieve has been chosen to coordinate the work of the Partnership and details are available at their website.

http://www.achieve.org/parcc-awarded-additional-race-top-funds-state-transition-common-core-state-standards-and-common-asse

 

News 7/7/11 PARC State Consortium Scales Back Common Test Design. Citing cost, among other factors, PARCC drops two of the four tests that would have been given to students throughout the year. See Article Below


http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/07/07/36parcc.h30.html?tkn=TWSFjt1%2FNo4%2FPKTNBrLntPaUHHecV7vwOlyf&intc=es

NCATE/TEAC Merger: The NCATE/TEAC design team released a draft agreement for the merger of NCATE and TEAC into one accrediting body – Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). This merger document, which includes new CAEP standards, outlines the framework or structure of the new organization and the timeline in which the changes will take place. The link below is to the draft document submitted to the respective boards of directors in September.

http://www.teac.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Design-Team-Report.pdf 

 

CAEP has now established a website found at: http://www.caepsite.org/

The new CAEP standards have been aligned with both NCATE and TEAC standards. The link below provides a detailed matrix.

http://www.teac.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Alignment-of-the-CAEP-Standards-with-Current-TEAC-and-NCATE-Standards-and-Processes.pdf

 

National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has published a set of standards they propose to use in evaluating and ranking schools of education. Those standards may be found at:

http://www.edweek.org/media/standards%20and%20indicators%20website.pdf

 

Tennessee Electronic Learning Center: Resources include content information, scientifically based research, and educational links including information on the roll out of Common Core Standards and the new state evaluation system.  

 

News 9_14_11 Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School Districts Implementation

Progress is slow going according to survey released by the Center on Education Policy

 

On-Demand Webinar: Bringing Common Standards Into the Classroom Hosted by Education Week 

Nearly every state in the country has adopted a new set of common academic standards in mathematics and English/language arts. The new guidelines lay out fundamental changes in the skills students are expected to have. But there is a long road from understanding the standards to putting them into practice in the classroom.
• View this free webinar.

 

 

 

 

Questions - Comments - Suggestions - Concerns - Please contact the committee at wwishar1@utk.edu

 

Thanks,

 

Bill Wishart, Committee Chair