Dive Brief:
- The Oklahoma Board of Education will consider a new set of standards called the Oklahoma Academic Standards, a replacement for the Common Core standards that were dropped in 2014.
- The new standards are more grade-level-specific, KOCO reports, and focus largely on college readiness for students.
- The Board of Ed will have to approve the standards plan in order for it to move to the state legislature for a vote, and if approved, the standards will "immediately" be implemented and take effect in the 2016-17 academic year.
Dive Insight:
A draft of Oklahoma's new Academic Standards plan was released last July at a town hall event, and a period of public feedback ensued. At the time, public dialog focused around the question of how, exactly, a new set of standards for the state might differ from the Common Core. It's still unclear how different the new standards are, other than their heightened focus on grade-appropriate testing and college readiness.