Dive Brief:

• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill asking a group of parents and educators to create standards that would replace the Common Core.  
• While the state has not officially opted out of the national standards, this move appeases many of the state legislators who have pushed back since their introduction in the state in 2010.  
• The goal is for the to-be-created standards to be implemented in the 2016-17 school year.  

Dive Insight:

Similar moves have been enacted in Indiana, South Carolina, and Oklahoma, but many of those states have created far quicker turnaround dates for the creation and implementation of their own standards. Missouri's decision to keep the Common Core till at least 2016-17 gives the task force ample time to create a replacement. That said, is it fair to keep asking teachers to familiarize themselves with new standards all the time?  At a certain point, educators need to get comfortable with their curriculum so they can make it their own, focusing less on new lesson-planning and more on individual student needs.