The Common Core Standards & Assessment Landscape As of November 2015 1
Status of Common Core State Standards Implementation as of Fall 2015 State never adopted CCSS (4) AK CA OR WA NV ID UT AZ MT State implementing CCSS or a variation of CCSS (35) WY CO NM ND SD NE TX KS OK (ELA only) MN State developing new standards to replace CCSS (1) IA MO AR LA WI IL MS IN MI TN AL KY OH WV GA SC FL State readopted new standards to replace CCSS (1) PA VA NC NY VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD ME DC States undertaking review of CCSS while implementing: Legislativelymandated (6) State board- or governor-led (4) 2
Looking Back: States Assessments for 2014-15 Note: The assessments states administered in 2014-15 do not necessarily align with their current consortia membership. The state-specific assessments vary in age some states are administering brand new tests developed to be aligned to higher standards while others are continuing to use the same or revised versions of tests used in past years. Administered Smarter Balanced (18) Administered PARCC (12, including D.C.) Administered ACT Aspire (2) Administered state-specific assessment (19) Consortia member states administered state-specific assessments this year Sources: State Education Agency websites; Education Week, The National K-12 Testing Landscape, (2015), http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-the-national-k-12-testing-landscape.html Notes: Massachusetts gave its districts the option of administering PARCC or its current MCAS in 2014-15 in grades 3-8. 54% of districts chose to administer PARCC. New York is a PARCC Governing State but did not administer PARCC in 2014-15. Iowa, North Carolina and Wyoming are Smarter Balanced Affiliate States but did not administer Smarter Balanced in 2014-15. 3
Looking Forward: States Assessments for 2015-16 Note: This map shows states likely assessments for 2015-16 based on current contracts and any recent policy changes. PARCC* Smarter Balanced* Notes: Maine will no longer administer Smarter Balanced and has issued an RFP for a new assessment for 2015-16. New York is a PARCC Governing State but will administer its own state-specific test in 2015-16. Iowa, North Carolina and Wyoming are Smarter Balanced Affiliate States but will administer their own statespecific tests in 2015-16. Louisiana plans to use a portion of PARCC items in its statespecific test. Michigan plans to use a portion of Smarter Balanced items in its state-specific test. Massachusetts will move to a new test comprised of a portion of PARCC items in spring 2017. Districts that administered PARCC in spring 2015 will do so again in spring 2016. Others can choose PARCC or the current MCAS in spring 2016. Administering PARCC (7, including D.C.) Administering Smarter Balanced (14) AIR (4) Questar Assessment Inc. (2) Embedding PARCC items in state-specific test (1) Embedding Smarter Balanced items in ACT Aspire (3) Data Recognition Corp.** (5) PARCC member but administering state-specific test in 2016 (1) state-specific test (1) Pearson (4) Other vendor or state-designed (6) Other see note in box at right (1) Member of Smarter Balanced but administering state-specific test in 2016 (3) ETS (2) Undetermined as of Fall 2015 (1) 4 Sources: State Education Agency websites; Education Week, The National K-12 Testing Landscape, (2015), http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-the-national-k-12-testing-landscape.html Other Assessments * All PARCC states use Pearson as their vendor for test administration. Smarter Balanced states procure their own test administration vendors. ** includes state contracts acquired from CTB/McGraw-Hill
Last Year: Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2014 WA OR NV CA ID UT AZ MT WY CO NM ND MN SD WI IA NE IL KS MO OK AR MS TX LA VT ME NH NY MA MI RI CT PA NJ OH DE DC WV VA MD KY NC TN SC AL GA IN AK FL Review of standards required (3) Common Core repealed (2) Legislation failed (21) 5 Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation by the Numbers, (2014), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2014/by-the-numbers#toc-2014-college--and-career-readiness-legislation-by-the-numbers
This Year: Legislation to Repeal or Delay Common Core Standards in 2015 WA OR NV CA ID UT AZ MT WY CO NM ND MN SD WI IA NE IL KS MO OK AR MS TX LA VT ME NH NY MA MI RI CT PA NJ OH DE DC WV VA MD KY NC TN SC AL GA IN AK FL Review of standards underway 2014 legislation (3) Review of standards required by 2015 legislation (3) Legislation failed (24) 6 Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures, College & Career Readiness Standards Legislation, (2015), http://www.ccrslegislation.info/legislation-by-year/2015