Rigorous College - and Career-Ready Standards


 The content and performance standards should include all core subject areas, including the arts, English Language Proficiency standards, career technical education, and 21st century workplace skills.


 Essential content and performance standards must be identified and emphasized to ensure a focus on depth over breadth so that all students have the opportunity to acquire and apply knowledge at high levels for solving real-world problems and meeting rigorous, internationally benchmarked standards.


 Content standards and career technical education standards should be cross-referenced to support real-world performance competencies.


 The standards should be balanced between cognitive knowledge, problem solving, and application of academic skills similar in rigor to the highest performing nations.


 Content and performance standards should be benchmarked against exemplary national and international standards.


 English Language Proficiency standards should be integrated into all academic standards to support linguistically diverse students’ need to master both linguistic and content standards.


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