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ID SCR105
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/16/2015
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Directs the State Department of Education and State Board of Education to convert Idaho Core Standards (currently identical to Common Core State Standards) into more Idaho-specific standards addressing abstractness, age appropriateness, and literature content.
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Requires Idaho core math and English language standards be reviewed using the Standards of Professional Review Committee with Idaho educators and content experts, incorporating input and addressing concerns from parents, teachers, administrators, and legislators.
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Declares that academic standards should never be used as a rigid script to determine what and when children learn specific concepts, and encourages teachers to individualize instruction based on each child's needs and abilities.
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Mandates that math and English language standards be reviewed in 2015.
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Identifies specific concerns with Common Core State Standards including abstract math principles in early grades, problematic math teaching methods, and over-reliance on modern technical writings with insufficient exposure to historical literature.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and directing the State Department of Education and State Board of Education to convert the current Idaho Core Standards into more Idaho-specific standards, declaring that the Idaho core math and English language standards be reviewed, that standards should never be used as a rigid script and directing that math and English standards be reviewed in 2015.
EDUCATION STANDARDS
Last Action
Reported Printed; referred to Education
2/17/2015