The Peru Gazette

New York hopes to test students on revised learning standards starting in the 2018-19 school year, following a multiyear review and revision of its controversial Common Core program, according to a timeline the state Board of Regents discussed Monday. […] state education officials, including Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, were adamant that the timeline be flexible enough so that if districts need more time to implement the changes, they get it. Feedback will be collected through an online survey and outreach to groups like the New York State Parent Teacher Association, business councils, and ELA and math professional organizations, among others. The transition to the new, more stringent learning standards was a messy one — with many up in arms about developmentally inappropriate standards for students in kindergarten through third grade, tests based on curricula of which teachers weren’t familiar and the inflexibility for students with learning disabilities and for whom English is a second language. The state Education Department was already reviewing the standards when the governor’s Common Core Task Force recommended in December that New York develop its own set of learning standards. The department requested a $2.4 billion state aid boost in the coming school year, including $45 million for professional development and teacher training.

Source: Regents plan new timeline for revising Common Core – Times Union