Standard improvisations: visualizing core competencies in music education.
Education reform is sweeping the country. Our technology-driven economy is placing an ever increasing emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). This shift in educational objectives has led to the development of new policies--the Common Core Initiative¹, intended...
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| Summary: | Education reform is sweeping the country. Our technology-driven economy is placing an ever increasing emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). This shift in educational objectives has led to the development of new policies--the Common Core Initiative¹, intended to homogenize educational goals through the implementation of national standards and mandatory evaluations. In addition, students must take the nationally administered PARCC²
assessment (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers); the data collected ultimately determines how the government will distribute educational funding. An emerging precedence is given to the academic courses that "teach to this test." |
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