How much will Common Core cost you?

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – The cost of implementing sweeping new educational standards could be costly for the Badger State’s school systems.

But a conservative education policy think tank that conducted an extensive analysis on the sticker price of rolling out the Common Core State Standards nationwide asserts the investment could save states money in the long run – on an educational product far superior to what is being offered today.

“Implementing these standards is not free. It’s going to cost some money,” said Michael Petrilli, executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that in 2012 published “Putting a Price Tag on the Common Core: How Much Will Smart Implementation Cost?”

The short answer to that question: It depends.

The analysis estimates the implementation cost for each of the 45 states and the District of Columbia that had adopted the standards as of last year depends on how the states approach the rollout.

Teacher development, educational materials, testing contracts won’t come cheap.

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