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↑ New America, Common Core Goes to College, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.
↑ New America, Common Core Goes to College, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.
↑ New America, Common Core Goes to College, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.
↑ Lindsay Tepe, Common Core Goes to College, July 2014.
↑ Gates Foundation, Awarded Grants, organizational website, accessed July 22, 2014.
↑ Gates Foundation, New America Foundation, organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.
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==2014 Policy Brief Insisting that Colleges Align with the Common Core== | ==2014 Policy Brief Insisting that Colleges Align with the Common Core== | ||
| − | In July 2014, New America released a policy brief titled "Common Core Goes to College: Building Better Connections Between High School and Higher Education” | + | In July 2014, New America released a policy brief advocating for a shift in teaching methods among higher education providers in order to accommodate Common Core Standards. The report, titled "Common Core Goes to College: Building Better Connections Between High School and Higher Education”, forwards that "the widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and assessments presents a new opportunity to bridge the gap between high school and higher education."<ref>New America, [http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/common_core_goes_to_college Common Core Goes to College], organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</ref> The report argues "that states’ new college- and career-ready assessments should, at the very least, provide an additional avenue for students to meet minimum college eligibility requirements, qualify for state financial aid, and place into the assortment of first-year credit-bearing coursework offered by institutions."<ref>New America, [http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/common_core_goes_to_college Common Core Goes to College], organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</ref> |
| − | Although Common Core standards were designed to prepare | + | Although Common Core standards were designed to prepare K-12 students for success in higher education, the report found that little has been done in higher education to align instruction to Common Core standards. |
:Currently, there are few coherent approaches being used to join these two systems into a rational shared commitment to the Common Core. In part, this is because the establishment of a single benchmark for college readiness is difficult, given the huge variation in America’s diverse and independent system of thousands of colleges and universities. A binary indicator for college readiness masks the intense, deliberate sorting of students that takes place between high school and higher education. Further, there is little or no pressure on colleges and universities to change their own academic practices to align with or incorporate these new standards.<ref>New America, [http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/common_core_goes_to_college Common Core Goes to College], organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</ref> | :Currently, there are few coherent approaches being used to join these two systems into a rational shared commitment to the Common Core. In part, this is because the establishment of a single benchmark for college readiness is difficult, given the huge variation in America’s diverse and independent system of thousands of colleges and universities. A binary indicator for college readiness masks the intense, deliberate sorting of students that takes place between high school and higher education. Further, there is little or no pressure on colleges and universities to change their own academic practices to align with or incorporate these new standards.<ref>New America, [http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/common_core_goes_to_college Common Core Goes to College], organizational website, accessed July 23, 2014.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 23 July 2014
2014 Policy Brief Insisting that Colleges Align with the Common Core
In July 2014, New America released a policy brief advocating for a shift in teaching methods among higher education providers in order to accommodate Common Core Standards. The report, titled "Common Core Goes to College: Building Better Connections Between High School and Higher Education”, forwards that "the widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and assessments presents a new opportunity to bridge the gap between high school and higher education."[1] The report argues "that states’ new college- and career-ready assessments should, at the very least, provide an additional avenue for students to meet minimum college eligibility requirements, qualify for state financial aid, and place into the assortment of first-year credit-bearing coursework offered by institutions."[2]
Although Common Core standards were designed to prepare K-12 students for success in higher education, the report found that little has been done in higher education to align instruction to Common Core standards.
- Currently, there are few coherent approaches being used to join these two systems into a rational shared commitment to the Common Core. In part, this is because the establishment of a single benchmark for college readiness is difficult, given the huge variation in America’s diverse and independent system of thousands of colleges and universities. A binary indicator for college readiness masks the intense, deliberate sorting of students that takes place between high school and higher education. Further, there is little or no pressure on colleges and universities to change their own academic practices to align with or incorporate these new standards.[3]
The report was funded by grants from:[4]
- Alliance for Early Success
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
- The Grable Foundation
- The Foundation for Child Development
- The Joyce Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- The Lumina Foundation
- The Pritzker Children’s Initiative
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- And the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation
Funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
New America has received at least 6,530,002 funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[5]
2013
- 740,000 for global policy and advocacy
- $200,002 grant from the Gates Foundation in order "to conduct research on the effectiveness and utility of exit exams and develop and distribute policy options for states as they develop their Common Core assessment systems."[6]
2012
- $1,450,000 for postsecondary success
- $110,000 for postsecondary success
2011
- $530,000 for postsecondary success
2010
- $1,300,000 for global policy and advocacy
2009 and earlier
- $450,000 for global policy and advocacy
- $1,500,000 for global policy and advocacy
- $250,000 for global policy and advocacy
Edit note
I shifted the following material from the article page as it has now been superseded. I have tryied to incorporate the key material into a reworked lead with a current link to the group's website.--Bob Burton 20:15, 9 February 2009 (EST)
- "Powerful forces - from the birth of the information age to massive demographic shifts to economic globalization - are remaking America. Now, more than ever, our nation needs a robust public debate, one that does justice to the complex challenges and opportunities of this unfolding era. Yet there remains a dearth of new thinking on both sides of the political divide, as well as a lack of investment in developing the creative young minds most capable of crafting new public policy solutions.
- The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation's public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Through its Fellowship Program and Strategic Initiatives, New America sponsors a wide range of research, published writing, conferences and events on the most important issues of our time.
- The New America Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute that was conceived through the collaborative work of a diverse and intergenerational group of public intellectuals, civic leaders, and business executives. New America's Board of Directors is chaired by James Fallows, and Ted Halstead is the organization's founding President and CEO. Based in our nation's capital, the Foundation opened its doors in January 1999."<ref>[1]
