"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests

[Anonymous]

No, it's just shitty planning, shitty tests, and shitty standards:

Florida repeatedly warned about an untested test for students

When students from Key West to Pensacola tried to log on to the state’s new and supposedly improved tests for the first time last week, all the dire predictions of school leaders, teachers unions and parents came true.

"Catastrophic meltdown," was how the superintendent of Florida's largest school district, Miami-Dade’s Alberto Carvalho, characterized the rollout of the computerized tests.

With slow and sporadic performance lasting for much of the week, the Florida Department of Education came under criticism for its handling of the debacle. The problems — echoing the glitch-marred ObamaCare website debut — also emboldened critics who have consistently complained that the state is moving too fast in implementing new assessments.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article12980819.html#storylink=cpy

[Anonymous]

I'm confused. What's the argument now? Teachers hate the Common Core standards, except for the AFT and the NEA, but that's only because the Gates Foundation bought them, except that the Gates Foundation has now moved on to other perfidious doings, and so therefore the AFT and the NEA something something something?


Exactly. The claim that AFT and NEA were "bought" doesn't make sense.

Not hard. Once the teachers got a look at CC, they started screaming. Prior to that, it was just the honchos at hq making decisions and getting grant money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First it was the grand Pearson conspiracy. Now it's the grand Bill Gates conspiracy. Pretty sure Bill Gates doesn't own Pearson, or vice-versa.

Silly PP! It's the grand Pearson/Bill Gates conspiracy! (Actually it's the grand Pearson/Bill Gates/Council on Foreign Relations/American Dental Association conspiracy, but sshh!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's just shitty planning, shitty tests, and shitty standards:

Florida repeatedly warned about an untested test for students

When students from Key West to Pensacola tried to log on to the state’s new and supposedly improved tests for the first time last week, all the dire predictions of school leaders, teachers unions and parents came true.

"Catastrophic meltdown," was how the superintendent of Florida's largest school district, Miami-Dade’s Alberto Carvalho, characterized the rollout of the computerized tests.

With slow and sporadic performance lasting for much of the week, the Florida Department of Education came under criticism for its handling of the debacle. The problems — echoing the glitch-marred ObamaCare website debut — also emboldened critics who have consistently complained that the state is moving too fast in implementing new assessments.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article12980819.html#storylink=cpy

So Florida couldn't implement its own tests, and that's the fault of the Common Core standards? Maybe they should have gone with the PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests.

[Anonymous]

No, Bill Gates does not own Pearson.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/12/how-microsoft-will-make-money-from-common-core-despite-what-bill-gates-said/

[Anonymous]

So Florida couldn't implement its own tests, and that's the fault of the Common Core standards? Maybe they should have gone with the PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests.

Yes, we are hearing such great things about the Pearson tests!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So Florida couldn't implement its own tests, and that's the fault of the Common Core standards? Maybe they should have gone with the PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests.

Yes, we are hearing such great things about the Pearson tests!

Implementation has been unproblematic at my children's MCPS schools, especially after field-testing last year.

[Anonymous]

http://achievethecore.org/author/11/david-pook

Bio of one of the consultants to CC and PARCC. Interesting that he teachers at the non-diverse Derryfield School--where tuition is @30K

[Anonymous]

^^^oops that should be "teaches"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://achievethecore.org/author/11/david-pook

Bio of one of the consultants to CC and PARCC. Interesting that he teachers at the non-diverse Derryfield School--where tuition is @30K

What, specifically, does "one of the consultants to CC and PARCC" mean?

And why is it interesting (or relevant) that he teaches at a private school in New Hampshire?

[Anonymous]

What, specifically, does "one of the consultants to CC and PARCC" mean?

It means that he claims to have helped write them.
It means that he is helping write the PARCC tests.

[Anonymous]

And why is it interesting (or relevant) that he teaches at a private school in New Hampshire?

Because said school does not use Common Core and gives him NO experience with public school students. Derryfield even requires the SSAT to enter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And why is it interesting (or relevant) that he teaches at a private school in New Hampshire?

Because said school does not use Common Core and gives him NO experience with public school students. Derryfield even requires the SSAT to enter.

Well, I guess that's interesting about this one guy, if you happen to be interested in this one guy. Why are you interested in this one guy? Also, why do you know so much about this private school in New Hampshire?

[Anonymous]

Well, I guess that's interesting about this one guy, if you happen to be interested in this one guy. Why are you interested in this one guy? Also, why do you know so much about this private school in New Hampshire?

Google is your friend. Demographics were not on school website. Had to google to find that........

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Well, I guess that's interesting about this one guy, if you happen to be interested in this one guy. Why are you interested in this one guy? Also, why do you know so much about this private school in New Hampshire?

Google is your friend. Demographics were not on school website. Had to google to find that........

Google will tell me why you're interested in this one guy and this one school?