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Student Learning

standards and assessments

What and how are we learning? How do we know we are learning it?

With the adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Agency of Education took a critical step forward in implementing education standards to reflect the knowledge and skills needed for Vermont students to experience success in our PK-12 system and to be college and career ready. Vermont's current state assessment programs in English language arts, mathematics, and science, Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP) and the Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA), are aligned to those standards.