Federal Common Core State Standards outlining what K-12 students should know at each grade level will likely be replaced by standards developed by the Indiana State Board of Education, but local school officials don’t see much difference in the two sets of requirements.
“I don’t get the feeling that what they’re passing is a major overhaul of Common Core,” said Keith Klein, president of the Monroe County Community School Corp. board.
MCCSC Director of Secondary Education Jan Bergeson described the draft of the proposed Indiana Standards as “extremely similar to Common Core,” and said some of the state standards overlap with those outlined in Common Core.
On Wednesday, the state Senate passed a bill that will void the Common Core on July 1. Now, all Senate Bill 91 needs is a signature from Gov. Mike Pence and Indiana will be one of a handful of states that don’t go by the federal standards, but use their own instead.
“We’re going to be out there by ourselves,” Klein said.
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