A report presented at the Dec. 2010 meeting of Arizona's P-20 council identifies a plan for the state to move ahead on the reforms proposed in the state's Race to the Top proposal, regardless of the fact that Arizona was not selected to receive a Race to the Top award.
The report provides 19 recommendations for moving ahead--one particularly of note was to "Engage higher education at a deep level in the implementation of the Arizona reform plan. Colleges of Education, along with other providers of teacher pre-service programs, play a lead role in preparing a new teacher. A strong commitment from higher education will be needed to ensure pre-service programs prepare teachers to teach in a standards-based system. In addition, the PARCC assessment, of which Arizona serves as a Governing state, includes a college-ready assessment intended to be widely accepted by higher education institutions as a good indicator of a student’s readiness for college-level courses. Higher education will need to be actively involved in the assessment development to ensure that happens[.]"
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