As a result, teachers will be more effective and achieve more student success (Conley, 2014). The author of the article “The Common Core State Standards: Insight into Their Development and Purpose” is Dr. David Conley; he’s a Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership and Methodology. Dr. Conley is founder and Director of the Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) at the University of Oregon. He is also the Founder and CEO of the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC). Dr. Conley conducts research on issues related to college readiness, college and high school course content analysis. The CCSS main purpose is to develop specific thinking skills (Conley, …show more content…
addresses the importance of the CCSS, and how they are linked to higher education. The authors that wrote of this article are Allison G. Jones, she’s Vice President of the post-secondary Collaboration for Achieve, and Jacqueline E. King is Director of the Higher Education Collaboration for the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium. The evaluations implemented by Higher Education are a vital source a strong instrument used to better studentsstudents’ progress towards readiness, knowledge and increase the staticstatistic rate of students graduating with a degree or certificate (Jones & King, 2012). This means that theseThese assessments will help teachers underline and students determine their their needs guiding towards academic success. and help students get readiness for college. HigerHigher Education is importantas an important role, beause theybecause they must make a connection with educators from K-12high school teachers, and to aid them in the process of preparinggetting high school students graduates ready for college and career