Common Core Standards

Common Core is a set of standards that covers ___________.

• Math and ELA
• Science and History
• Art and Language
• Science, History, ELA, and Math

The new Common Core standards have provided curriculum standards that are less rigorous than what North Carolina had before.

• True
• False

Because of Common Core standards in North Carolina, if a student moves during the school year he/she will not be in the same place in the curriculum as the class he/she moves to.

• True
• False

The new standards for ELA (English Language Arts) are organized into which four categories?

• Writing, Speaking and Listening, Literature, and Art
• Art, Poetry, History, and Language
• Speaking and Listening, Art, Language, and Writing
• Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language

Schools are given the freedom to decide on the literacy texts they will use for their students.

• True
• False

What can local school districts do to accommodate the learning needs of their gifted students?

• Accelerate learning opportunities and adapt the standards to fit the students' needs
• Nothing, they have to follow the given standards 
• Make up standards that they deem appropriate

The Standard Course of Study is _____ years old.

• 5
• 20
• 10
• 50

Implementing the new Standard Course of Study is more expensive than implementing past revisions to the state's Standard Course of Study.

• True
• False

The new academic standards in mathematics covers which grade levels?

• 2nd - 8th
• K - 5th
• K - 8th
• 6th - 8th

The standardization of materials to be covered has been helpful to textbook companies because they no longer have to change material based on the state they are marketing to.

• True
• False