Committee Report | January 2011

Report of the


REGENTS P-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE


AND STANDARDS WORK GROUP


to


The Board of Regents


January 11, 2011

            Your P-12 Education Committee and Standards Work Group held a joint meeting on January 10, 2011.  All members were present except for Regents Brooks Hopkins, Rosa, and Young, who were excused.

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

           

            Madam Chancellor and Colleagues: Your P-12 Education Committee and Standards Work Group recommend, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on January 11, 2011, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.

ACTION ITEMS

Approval of Recommended Additions to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts & Literacy and CCSS for Mathematics and Approval of New Prekindergarten Learning Standards – Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approves the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy; the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for Mathematics; and the New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards.   The Committee discussed next steps including the building of curriculum models and aligning those models with teacher preparation.    [P-12/SW (A) 1]

This concludes our report