Can Road Maps Tell Us Whether We Are Off Course?

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Notes

¹For information, visit www.fldoe.org/parcc

²For information, visit www.k12.wa.us/smarter

³For more information, visit www.corestandards.org

⁴In Massachusetts, a state with strong standards, approximately one-third of high school graduates matriculating at public 2-year and 4-year colleges are required to take developmental, non-credit-bearing courses in mathematics. (M. Chester, personal communication, June 14, 2011.)

⁵This danger is quite separate from the oft-expressed concern that the assessment consortia will fail to meet their avowedly ambitious goals.