Common Core

American  

[kom-uhn kawr] / ˈkɒm ən ˈkɔr /

noun

1. a set of academic standards, adopted in most U.S. states, that outlines the learning goals in English and mathematics for students at each grade level, from kindergarten through 12th grade, with the objective of teaching the same educational essentials to all students throughout the country.

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Etymology

Origin of Common Core

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

This anti-cursive trend was reinforced in 2010 when many states adopted the influential Common Core learning standards, which had dropped cursive entirely.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Some of the shift started with the implementation of Common Core, which placed an emphasis on teaching students how to find and analyze sources.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2022

About a decade ago, amid debates over the national Common Core standards, many parents bemoaned math exercises that they said seemed to dump line-by-line computation in favor of veritable hieroglyphs.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

He mourned the demise of a Common Core standard on literary standards that he helped write.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021

However, this chapter will introduce the National Core Arts Standards for Music, while the Common Core standards in ELA and Math can be used when creating integrated lesson plans as introduced in later chapters.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin