Who Wrote the Common Core?

The National Governor's Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSS) commissioned the writing of Common Core State Standards. Race to the Top grant money is awarded to states based on alignment with four criteria. Adoption of Common Core standards is one of the criteria. Participation of the standards' authorship was announced by the NGA on July 1, 2009 (goo.gl/zh3rjx) The charts are color coded by the professional affiliations of the participanst. Notes on orgnaizations with weblinks can be found below the lists of Math and English Language Arts authors. AUTHORS OF MATH COMMON CORE STANDARDS Jason Zimba, Faculty Member, Physics, Mathematics, and the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College and Cofounder, Student Achievement Partners Sara Clough, Director, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Sherri Miller, Assistant Vice President, Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Ken Mullen, Senior Program Development AssociateMathematics, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Susan K. Eddins, Educational Consultant, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Retired)

Marci Ladd, Mathematics Consultant, The College Board & Senior Manager and Mathematics Content Lead, Academic Benchmarks

Kaye Forgione, Senior Associate and Team Leader for Mathematics, Achieve

Robin O'Callaghan, Senior Director, Mathematics, Research and Development, The College Board

John Kraman, Associate Director, Research, Achieve William McCallum, University Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona &Mathematics Consultant, Achieve

Andrew Schwartz, Assessment Manager, Research and Development, The College Board

Natasha Vasavada, Senior Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services, Research and Development, The College Board Phil Daro, Senior Fellow, America's Choice / Pearson

Laura McGiffert Slover, Vice President, Content and Policy Research, Achieve

Douglas Sovde, Senior Associate, Mathematics, Achieve

AUTHORS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS

David Coleman, Founder, Student Achievement Partners Sara Clough, Director, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Nina Metzner, Senior Test Development AssociateLanguage Arts, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Sherri Miller, Assistant Vice President, Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. Jim Patterson, Senior Program Development AssociateLanguage Arts, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc.

Joel Harris, Director, English Language Arts Curriculum and Standards, Research and Development, The College Board Beth Hart, Senior Assessment Specialist, Research and Development, The College Board Natasha Vasavada, Senior Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services, Research and Development, The College Board

John Kraman, Associate Director, Research, Achieve

Laura McGiffert Slover, Vice President, Content and Policy Research, Achieve Sue Pimentel, Co-Founder, StandardsWork; English Language Arts Consultant, Achieve, Cofounder, Student Achievement Parters

Sally Hampton, Senior Fellow for Literacy, America's Choice / Pearson

Sandy Murphy, Professor Emeritus, University of California Davis

Martha Vockley, Principal and Founder, VockleyLang, LLC, Literacy Consultant

KEY: ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS (bold boxes represents dual committee service) STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERS (standards-based support) www.achievethecore.org Founders created a clearninghouse for materials for teachers and district leaders and trainers to use to provide support for Common Core implementation. Website reports that www.achievethecore.org does not compete for federal, state, or district contracts and does not accept money from contractors. http://goo.gl/k5QsdY ACT (standardized testing) www.act.org - Non-profit assessment company that offers the ACT college-readiness assessment as well as ongoing career assessments. In 2013, 1,799,243 American students took the ACT exam. Tests cost between $34 and $49.50, depending upon inclusion of writing portion. ACT published "The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2013" report. http://goo.gl/Pl1Yno THE COLLEGE BOARD (standardized testing) www.collegeboard.org - Publishes the college admissions SAT and AP Tests. In 2013, 1,660,047 students took the SAT text. Tests cost $51. The College Board partnered with The Khan Academy to provide free SAT preparation courses. Provides educational research and advocacy. http://goo.gl/Zf64Lc SUBJECT AREA CONSULTANTS ACHIEVE (standards-based educational reform) www.achieve.org - Non-profit educational reform organization "working with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability." Achieve administers policy and practice collaboration between states. http://goo.gl/87LiF3 Achieve and Founder of Student Achievement Partners AMERICA'S CHOICE, now PEARSON (school turnaround consultancy) www.pearsonschoolimprovement.com - Works to turn around failing schools. Contracts run five years and cost $70,000 for elementary schools and $75,000 for secondary schools per year Contracts are federally funded by Title I, funds earmarked in accordance with Johnson's 1965 ESEA program. Company's school improvement services affect nearly 325,000 students in 16 states and Washington, D.C. http://goo.gl/jG0Zy1 Chart 2014 by Kaley Perkins