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FEATURE ARTICLE
Open Up the Ceiling on the Common Core State Standards: Preparing Students for 21st-Century Literacy—Now
Article first published online: 28 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1002/JAAL.00145
© 2012 International Reading Association
Issue
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
Volume 56, Issue 4, pages 321–330, December 2012/January 2013
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How to Cite
. (2012). Open Up the Ceiling on the Common Core State Standards: Preparing Students for 21st-Century Literacy—Now. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 56(4), 321–330. doi: 10.1002/jaal.00145
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 NOV 2012
- Article first published online: 28 NOV 2012
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Keywords:
- Digital/media literacies ;
- Information and communication technologies;
- Information literacy ;
- Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, etc.);
- Policy ;
- Legislation, mandates;
- Standards;
- Strategies, methods, and materials ;
- Instructional technology;
- To learners in which of the following categories does your work apply? ;
- Early adolescence ;
- Adolescence
Abstract
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is the latest effort to reform education through standards. This article examines how the Standards promise to prepare students for the changing world of the 21st century, yet do not consider the changing nature of literacy—especially the centrality of the Internet as a 21st century text, and online reading comprehension as a problem-based experience. States and districts have begun to adopt and adjust the Common Core Standards as their own. This article seeks to inform teachers' understanding of the Common Core State Standards, so they can be active players in shaping literacy education based on the Standards.