Series: About Early Math

For Early Learning in Math, Common Core Standards Present Opportunities, Struggles

For Early Learning in Math, Common Core Standards Present Opportunities, Struggles

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Common Core for Young Learners: Educators Tackle Challenges in the Early Grades

Harvard Education Letter

"'There's a huge increase in conceptual expectations' says Lisa Ginet, assistant director of instruction for the Erikson Institute's Early Math Collaborative, who fears that some of the third-grade curriculum will be pushed down to lower grades prematurely in order to prepare students for high-stakes tests."

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In this article of the Harvard Education Letter, Collaborative staff and others discuss the changes taking place in early math. Common Core standards and their implementation are influencing the curriculum and lesson planning, particularly in choosing engaging problems, going on in early elementary and pre-kindergarten classes.

For a PDF version of the full article, click here. For more information about the Common Core State Standards math domains and their connection to foundational math concepts on this website, click here.