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The\xa0Common Core State Standards Initiative\xa0is an\xa0educational initiative in the United States that details what\xa0K-12\xa0students should know in\xa0English language artsand\xa0mathematics\xa0at the end of each grade. The initiative is sponsored by the\xa0National Governors Association\xa0 and the\xa0\xa0Office\xa0and seeks to establish consistent educational standards across the states as well as ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared to enter credit-bearing courses at two-or four-year college programs or to enter the workforce.In the 1990s, the "Standards & Accountability Movement" began in the U.S. as states began writing standards outlining \xa0 what students were expected to know and to be able to do at each grade level, and implementing assessment designed to measure whether students were meeting the standards.\xa0As part of this education reform movement, the nation's governors and corporate leaders founded Achieve, Inc. in 1996 as a bipartisan organization to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability in all 50 states.\xa0The initial motivation for the development of the Common Core State Standards was part of the American Diploma Project (ADP).. \xa0Guest \xa0Wendy Lynn Day \xa0of Elect Wendy Lynn Day\xa0This Show by Studentsforabetterfuture.com\n\nhost Reuben Torres Doreen Finkle