Common Core State Standards

As a student that just graduated high school in the United States of America, I have not been prepared for the real world. There are graduates that do feel like they are prepared for the real world after high school, but since each high school is different, there is no guarantee that the school a student is in will prepare them. This would not be as much of a problem if Common Core State Standards were brought into every state and changed to have more helpful and practical subjects taught in schools. The Common Core State Standards are learning goals made to help students be prepared for college, the job field, and their life (“Read the Standards”). The Common Core seeks to lower the achievement gap, which is a gap that happens when one group
Within each topic in the English standard, there are different standards for each grade. First there are reading standards for literature and informational text which includes being tested on key details and ideas, craft and structure, integration of knowledge and ideas, range of reading and level of text complexity. Next there are reading standards for foundational skills that test for understanding of print concepts, phonological awareness, word recognition, and fluency. There are also writing standards that teaches and tests text types and purposes, production and distribution of writing, research to build and present knowledge, and range of writing. There are speaking and listening standards which teaches comprehension and collaboration and presentation of knowledge and ideas. Lastly, there are standards for language which teaches conventions of standard English, knowledge of language, and vocabulary use. English standards also get applied to other subjects such as history, social studies, science, and technical subjects when it comes to the subject writing ("Common Core State Standards For English Language
Kentucky, the first state to adopt Common Core into their education system, shown improvement when it came to getting students ready for college and the job field when after four years of Common Core being implemented. The percent of graduates who were ready for college and the job field before the Common Core State Standards were only thirty-four percent of graduates; after four years of Common Core State Standards being implemented, the percent went up to sixty-two percent (Wise). The states that implemented Common Core first were shown to have 1.1 point advantage in reading and a 1.27 point advantage in math over states that did not adopt Common Core out of a possible one hundred points (Katz and Zach). The changes may be small, but Wise explains this by saying “As with any change, there will be a period of adjustment as teachers and students get used to the new standards and tests” (Wise). Wise’s quote explains why low advantages like a l.1 and 1.27 advantage within a few years after Common Core has been implemented is does not reflected badly on the Common Core State Standards. These states also have a four to five percent increase in their ACT scores (Bidwell). Since the ACT is based of a possible thirty-six points, this means that the scores for ACT went up about two points after the Common Core has been