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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious.  What happens when kids do not meet the standards?

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That's up to the district or the state.  The Common Core is simply a list of standards, and states continue to make their own decisions about how to address individual kids who are struggling.  Current "best practice" is to use a model called "Response to Intervention", where students move through various levels of intervention.  They might start with what are called "Tier 1" interventions, which is when a teacher makes modifications for a specific student.  Perhaps their reading group meets an extra time per week, or she gives reteach phonics lessons during centers, or she invites a high school student to come see her at lunch so she can explain a math concept again.  If those interventions don't work, then kids are supposed to move to what are called "Tier 2" interventions, which might be a daily small group phonics lesson, or an invitation to an afterschool tutoring program for a high schooler.  Tier 3 interventions are generally given in smaller groups and more intensively, and might be a double period of math, or a pull out reading group.  Kids who show over time that they are not responsive to intervention.

If a class or a school or a district has many kids who are not meeting the standards, then there need to be changes in structures and curriculum.

The federal government also has guidelines for how to respond to schools, districts and states that are failing under NCLB.  These guidelines have gotten a little looser since the implementation of Common Core, although those two changes aren't directly related.  [/quote]

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