,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,fattah submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,house of              
,representatives in support of the      
,common ,core ,state ,standards         
,initiative4  ,whereas the ,common ,core
 ,state ,standards ,initiative is a     
joint effort by the ,national ,governors
 ,association ,center for ,best         
,practices and the ,council of ,chief   
,state ,school ,officers in partnership 
with ,achieve1 ,,act1 and the ,college  
,board2 ,whereas governors and ,state   
commissioners of education from across  
the country committed to joining a      
,state-led process to develop a common  
core of ,state standards in             
,english-language arts and mathematics  
for grades ,k-#ab2 ,whereas these       
standards will be research and          

evidence-based1 internationally         
benchmarked1 aligned with college and   
work expectations1 and include rigorous 
content and skills2 ,whereas the        
,national ,governors ,association       
,center for ,best ,practices and the    
,council of ,chief ,state ,school       
,officers are coordinating the process  
to develop these standards and have     
created an expert validation committee  
to provide an independent review of the 
common core ,state standards1 as well as
 the grade-by-grade standards2 ,whereas 
students in the ,united ,states compete 
with peers across the country and around
 the world2 and ,whereas the future     
economic1 diplomatic1 and military      
strength of the ,united ,states will be 
determined by the quality of education  
available to the ,nation's young people3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the
 sense of the ,house of ,representatives
 that the ,national ,governors          
,association ,center for ,best          
,practices and the ,council of ,chief   

,state ,school ,officers should be      
commended for their efforts to increase 
the rigor1 utility1 and comparability of
 ,state academic standards4