Officials: Changes To Common Core ‘Not Likely’
Oklahoma education officials say repeal of Common Core ‘unlikely’
By MICHAEL KING Oklahoma Watch
Despite continued opposition to new public-school standards, Oklahoma education officials say they are more confident than they were earlier this year that the standards will be fully implemented.
In a national survey conducted by the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University, Oklahoma State Department of Education officials indicated in May that it was “somewhat likely” that the state’s decision to adopt Common Core State Standards would be reversed, limited or changed, according to a copy of the survey obtained by Oklahoma Watch through an Open Records Act request.
The department cited public opposition and opposition from state legislators as reasons for a possible change in the state’s 2010 decision to adopt the standards.
However, Tricia Pemberton, assistant director of communications at the Education Department, said the agency would answer that question differently now. “We would change that response to ‘not likely,’ ” she said.