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Michigan standards get mixed grades

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Author: EducationReport.org
Date: 7/24/2010
Michigan's academic standards in math earned an A-, while its English standards received a D in a report issued this week by the Fordham Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based education think tank, according to the Lansing State Journal.

The report compares current academic standards in each state with the newly developed "Common Core" national standards that states are being encouraged to adopt. Michigan already has signed on to the Common Core and is in the process of aligning its own math and English standards to meet the national set, the Journal reported.

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