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Iowa

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Adopted with Modifications
Adoption Date: 07/09/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: PHASE I, Adoption, Communication, and Coordination (2011); PHASE II, Communication, Resource Design, and Design of Implementation System (ongoing); PHASE III, Transition, Implementation, and Technical Assistance (ongoing); Assessment system (2014-15)

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: State Issued

Iowa Details

Name of Standards: Iowa Core
Standards Numbering Example: Iowa follows Common Core numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 04/23/2018

Iowa News

School benchmarks aren’t working (June 10, 2016)

Iowa Republicans Oppose National Education Standards (May 23, 2016)

Iowa Department of Education to host public forum as federal education policy shifts (March 28, 2016)

Anti-NGSS bill in Iowa dies (February 19, 2016)

Anti-NGSS bill in Iowa (January 26, 2016)

Vote near on hotly debated science standards (May 1, 2015)

State education board should OK science benchmarks (April 21, 2015)

Iowa science panel keeps standards on climate change, evolution (April 16, 2015)

Science instruction panel moves forward with Next Generation benchmarks (March 25, 2015)

It’s Time to Undo Common Core’s Takeover (November 1, 2014)