Lissa Pijanowski, Ed.d Blog Standards Will NOT Improve Achievement . . . Instruction WILL.

As we embark on our fifth year of implementation of Common Core, we continue to see the following question being posed - "Has Common Core improved student performance?" I think we are asking the wrong question. I believe the question should be, "Has instruction changed to meet the Common Core Standards?" Standards alone do not improve achievement. It is what we do with the standards that makes an impact on student performance. It is our core work - the i [...]