Originally Posted by indigo
Meanwhile, growing concerns about the future increase in specificity of CCSS are fueled by pearson posts including contests such as this one which asks teachers to submit lessons for evaluation in a contest seeking "best lessons for teaching what it means to be an active, engaged citizen." ("National Civics Education Contest for Teachers Announced", Sept 18, 2013, http://www.pearsoned.com/)
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Building on the goals of the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, which will be published this fall... to provide guidance to states and districts on the concepts, skills and disciplinary tools necessary to prepare students for college, career and civic life.

Emphasis added, showing CCSS is still underdevelopment. Committing to CCSS while CCSS is still being written is a bit like signing a blank check which will be filled out by the other party at a later time.

This may not be cause for panic that the CCSS is a moving target - I think this quote merits some clarification. To date, CCSS covers only Math and English/Language Arts. The "further development of the CCSS" referred to in the quote is the addition of standards for Social Studies, not the increasing specificity of curriculum for the Math and English standards.