Pam Stewart Speaks on Common Core vs. Previous Standards

Interim Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart spoke out on Tuesday on some of the differences between Common Core State Standards and previous education standards in Florida.

Stewart is currently leading a summit on education in Clearwater, where she has been joined by teachers, legislators and education officials alike to discuss four key priorities for Floridas education system: state standards, state standard assessments, school grades and teacher evaluations.

The interim commissioner talked briefly with summit members about the differences between Common Core and Florida's current education standards. Common Core has been a hot topic across the state and at the education summit.

"Some important distinctions would be that closer reading, that ability to really be able to justify one's answers, the modeling in math, the analytical thinking, is the step that we took," she said. "The content itself does not change much at all."

Common Core is set to be fully implemented in Florida's schools by the 2014-2015 academic year.