... DoDEA has decided to join a state- led movement toward common standard adoption by replacing its own set of academic standards with those of the Common Core (Common Core State Stan-dards Initiative, ... the Common Core State Standards: Recommendations for the DoDEA Schools Standards Initiative, undated [b], p.1). e CCSS Initiative unveiled the standards in 2010, and, to date, 45 of 50U.S. states ... career- or college-ready (Common Core State Standards Initiative, undated [a]). ough the Common Core currently includes only English language arts (ELA) and math-ematics standards, it addresses...