RiSE Center Colloquium, Monday, February 7, 2011
Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center)
University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Presents
Jason Zimba
Student Achievement Partners
Monday, February 7, 2011
3:00 pm
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium
Room 165, Engineering and Science Research Building
Common Standards for K-12 Mathematics and Science:
Current and Future Developments
Forty-three states have recently adopted the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. As a physicist who served as one of the lead writers of the math standards, I will describe their development process and design principles. I will also describe some major related policy initiatives, including (1) two consortia of states that have formed in order to develop “next-generation” tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards; and (2) an ongoing project to develop common standards for K-12 science. There will be ample time for questions and discussion. Note: The website for the Common Core State Standards is www.corestandards.org and the math standards themselves are at http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf.
For more information about Jason, see http://www.google.com/profiles/jzimba#about.html”http://www.google.com/profiles/jzimba#about.html__
Refreshments will be served in the ESRB Lobby at 2:45 pm