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* 1. Please complete the following information

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* 2. Have you heard of Common Core education standards for Washington K-12 public schools?

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* 3. Rate your level of concern about Common Core (regardless of whether you know about, support, or oppose them)

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* 4. Can you say in a few words what you understand Common Core to be?

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* 5. Do you generally support or oppose Common Core education standards for Washington K-12 public schools?

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* 6. Why do you support or oppose Common Core education standards for Washington K-12 public schools?

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* 7. Common Core education standards are a set of expectations for what every student should know and be able to do in math and English-language arts at each grade level. The standards were developed to help all students, regardless of location or background, build key skills and knowledge to succeed in college, work and life. Based on this statement, would you say you generally support or oppose Common Core education standards for Washington K-12 public schools?

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* 8. One component of the Common Core education standards is regular local and state testing to assess student learning. Does knowing this make you more inclined to support Common Core education standards, less inclined, or does it not affect your support?

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* 9. Testing provides an important academic checkup throughout the school year to make sure student learning is on track.

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* 10. Additionally, some groups are using Common Core implementation as an anti-testing platform. Do you agree or disagree that parents should be able to opt out their children of state and local assessments when they don’t feel the assessments are essential to student learning?

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* 11. Below is a list of specific online Common Core and Smarter Balanced resources. Please indicate your level of awareness about each of these resources.

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Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)www.corestandards.org/
Achieve www.achieve.org/achieving-common-core
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction www.k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx
Smarter Balanced www.smarterbalanced.org
Ready Washington www.ReadyWA.org
WSPTA http://www.wastatepta.org/resources/common_core/index.html
National PTA http://www.pta.org/advocacy/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3008&navItemNumber=557

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* 12. Finally, please let us know how we can assist you by indicating what resources and information would be helpful to you so that you can communicate with educators and leaders in your local schools and districts about Common Core and the aligned Smarter Balanced assessments.

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