The Carnegie Perspectives blog includes USA Tuning in its Daily News Roundup.

In an effort to streamline standards, colleges in seven states—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, and Utah—have joined in "Tuning USA," …

The first Tuning USA newsletter includes information about the Tuning process, Tuning USA activities around the country and beyond.

New math curricula guide incorporates newly aligned, contextually relevant and collaboratively developed curricula. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use these to enhance instruction, increase student engagement and improve course alignment.

New English curricula guide incorporates newly aligned, contextually relevant and collaboratively developed curricula. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use these to enhance instruction, increase student engagement and improve course alignment.

Peggy Sands Orchowski’s article focuses on the IEBC/Cal-PASS work in bringing usable data to teachers and others from middle schools, high schools and colleges.

The time for the Common Core State Standards is now and K12 and postsecondary collaboration are going to be critical for successful implementation. So write Brad Phillips, president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Evidence-Based Change, and Bruce Vandal, who directs the Getting Past Go initiative.

This groundbreaking report on the pilot project conducted by the Center for Social Services Research at the University of California, Berkeley and Cal-PASS presents an overview of how youth who are in, or have been in, foster care are performing in school in four California counties. The pilot project was funded by the Stuart Foundation and linked child welfare and education data.

Users are telling us the new Tuning Guide is extraordinarily useful, according to TuningUSA Director Michelle Kalina.

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