Common Core State Standards Top the 2014 What's Hot, What's Not Survey.

INTERNATIONAL Reading Association; EDUCATIONAL standards; LITERACY standards; READING; READINESS for school

The article discusses the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) created by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). It states that the CCSS was the main topic in a survey conducted by the International Reading Association (IRA) and also mentions seven main topics of the survey such as college and career readiness. It reflects on the English Language Arts (ELA) standards of the CCSS which focuses on increasing text complexity.