70% of African-American parents feel good about the Common Core

A majority of African-American parents feel good about the Common Core and are confident the standards will boost student achievement, according to survey results released today by the National Urban League.
But that positive outlook doesn’t necessarily mean parents are well-informed about the standards. While more than three quarters of respondents believe the Common Core was a state-led effort, 70 percent also believe, incorrectly, that the federal government was involved in the creation of the standards, the survey says.
More than half of parents say the standards will make students more competitive with their peers in other states.

But two thirds of respondents said a lack of adequate time for students to learn the standards could serve as a barrier to Common Core success. Fifty-eight percent said a lack of resources could also serve as a barrier and 54 percent said teachers weren’t ready to teach the Common Core. For parents with children enrolled in a predominantly African-American school, 62 percent felt teachers were unprepared.