The Common Core State Standards is an initiative to develop common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.  In 2012, the National Association for the Education of Young Children recognized that the Common Core State Standards presented cause for both opportunity and concern.NAEYC offers these resources to engage in a dialogue to ensure that the Common Core standards reflect our best understanding of education in the early years. Information about the Common Core is available at the Common Core website.

The Common Core in Early Education

• A Framework for Considering the Validity of Learning Standards (November 2015) 
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the Common Core State Standards: Framing the Issues (April 2015) 
• The Common Core State Standards:Caution and Opportunity for Early Childhood Education (November 2012)
• Variation in Children's Experience of Kindergarten and the Common Core (November 2012)

Related NAEYC Statements

• NAEYC and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education joint statement on the Common Core State Standards Initiative (April 2010) 
• NAEYC Position Statement on Early Learning Standards
• NAEYC Position Statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice
• NAEYC Position Statement on Learning to Read and Write
• NAEYC Position Statement on Early Childhood Mathematics
• NAEYC Position Statement on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation

See more resources for common core here.