Does anyone know who began the push for Common Core Standards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1-Obama made the common core standards and federal tests, as previously each state had different goals and even tests sometime.
2- each state can decide to implement or not, if implementing get some freebie fed dollars in the early years(oooooo!)
3- if accepting, each state plans its implementation (curriculum, training, test date starts, communication with citizens, etc. (this is where MoCo hired Pearsons)
4- enjoy the $hit&how. Fed dollars continue if your AVERAGE test scores beat the threshold and increase from previous.

1. No, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School made the Common Core standards.
2. Yes, each state can decide to implement or not. (46 states plus DC have agreed to implement. Virginia, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Alaska have not.) School districts can apply for grants through the federal Race to the Top program for educational initiatives, including implementation of the Common Core. The total 2013 Race to the Top funding, for the whole country, is $520 million. The MCPS annual budget is $2.2 billion.
3. Yes, each state plans its own implementation.
4. I don't know what the PP is talking about.

Hence, 14:47 saying the $hit&how poster made the whole thing up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS and Dr. Starr are too arrogant to admit they have made terrible decisions. Math class separation is common sense and the elimination of it in elementary school has been a disaster for our kids. Take a look at the 3rd grade MAth MSA scores, it only took 2.0 two shorts years to put Montgomery County below the state average. That is because the to 25% have to learn Math at the pace of the bottom 25%. No one cares about those top kids and blog and principal want to call this s problem of a bunch of Potomac and Olney parents who think their kids are smarter than they are. No, it is common sense!!!!

Did u read this thread?
MSA's is not a test for Common Core.
Previous curriculum taught to that test .

The MSAs were not specific to MC curriculum. They were designed for Maryland but mirrored other states test. To argue that the now provide no value of how our children compare to others in MD is ridiculous. They test probability, fractions, word problems and written responses. Yes our children were not taught that and are now behind others. THAT is a problem. There is no longer a way to push the top half above the pace of the bottom, which is why fact-- MC test scores are below average for the state. That fact cannot be argued.

[Anonymous]

I think that these two pieces from the Baltimore Sun (one by the superintendent of Howard County Public Schools, the other an editorial) provide a good explanation of why the MSAs are not an appropriate assessment of learning under the Common Core and of what the drops in MSA test scores mean (and don't mean).

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-17/news/bs-ed-msa-waivers-20130717_1_maryland-school-assessment-test-scores-new-curriculum

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-23/news/bs-ed-msa-results-20130723_1_msa-scores-new-curriculum-test-scores

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that these two pieces from the Baltimore Sun (one by the superintendent of Howard County Public Schools, the other an editorial) provide a good explanation of why the MSAs are not an appropriate assessment of learning under the Common Core and of what the drops in MSA test scores mean (and don't mean).

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-17/news/bs-ed-msa-waivers-20130717_1_maryland-school-assessment-test-scores-new-curriculum

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-23/news/bs-ed-msa-results-20130723_1_msa-scores-new-curriculum-test-scores

Written by administration. The ideals of the new curriculum are great but the implementation is not working and the teachers do not know how to teach to the highest and lowest students in the same math class in Montgomery County where there can be a huge difference. So the "enrichment" is really an excuse to parents whose kids now are bored and not challenged. The implementation is not working but these first few classes have no more time to waste of learning what they did in 1st grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that these two pieces from the Baltimore Sun (one by the superintendent of Howard County Public Schools, the other an editorial) provide a good explanation of why the MSAs are not an appropriate assessment of learning under the Common Core and of what the drops in MSA test scores mean (and don't mean).

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-17/news/bs-ed-msa-waivers-20130717_1_maryland-school-assessment-test-scores-new-curriculum

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-07-23/news/bs-ed-msa-results-20130723_1_msa-scores-new-curriculum-test-scores

Written by administration. The ideals of the new curriculum are great but the implementation is not working and the teachers do not know how to teach to the highest and lowest students in the same math class in Montgomery County where there can be a huge difference. So the "enrichment" is really an excuse to parents whose kids now are bored and not challenged. The implementation is not working but these first few classes have no more time to waste of learning what they did in 1st grade.

I do agree. Implementation has been poor and either not well planned or not well executed.

[Anonymous]

This is not an MCPS or Josh Starr problem exlcusively. My cousin teaches in Westchester County in NY, a county similar to Montgomery County. She complains about common core too, but she thinks the standards are too high, and not developmentally appropriate. She sees some of the books that DD reads, and says she wouldn't allow her kids to read such advanced books at DD's age, for some reason that I cannot fathom. She thinks the new standardized test, PARCC, is too hard.
They also have a standards based report card, though not exactly ES, P, I, N. Something similar though. She hates it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not an MCPS or Josh Starr problem exlcusively. My cousin teaches in Westchester County in NY, a county similar to Montgomery County. She complains about common core too, but she thinks the standards are too high, and not developmentally appropriate. She sees some of the books that DD reads, and says she wouldn't allow her kids to read such advanced books at DD's age, for some reason that I cannot fathom. She thinks the new standardized test, PARCC, is too hard.
They also have a standards based report card, though not exactly ES, P, I, N. Something similar though. She hates it.

PARCC is not too hard. You see similar tests at private schools. However, what you also see at privates are K classes that are developmentally appropriate. This is not the case in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not an MCPS or Josh Starr problem exlcusively. My cousin teaches in Westchester County in NY, a county similar to Montgomery County. She complains about common core too, but she thinks the standards are too high, and not developmentally appropriate. She sees some of the books that DD reads, and says she wouldn't allow her kids to read such advanced books at DD's age, for some reason that I cannot fathom. She thinks the new standardized test, PARCC, is too hard.
They also have a standards based report card, though not exactly ES, P, I, N. Something similar though. She hates it.

PARCC is not too hard. You see similar tests at private schools. However, what you also see at privates are K classes that are developmentally appropriate. This is not the case in MCPS.

How can anybody say anything about the hardness/easiness of the PARCCs? They're not ready yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not an MCPS or Josh Starr problem exlcusively. My cousin teaches in Westchester County in NY, a county similar to Montgomery County. She complains about common core too, but she thinks the standards are too high, and not developmentally appropriate. She sees some of the books that DD reads, and says she wouldn't allow her kids to read such advanced books at DD's age, for some reason that I cannot fathom. She thinks the new standardized test, PARCC, is too hard.
They also have a standards based report card, though not exactly ES, P, I, N. Something similar though. She hates it.

PARCC is not too hard. You see similar tests at private schools. However, what you also see at privates are K classes that are developmentally appropriate. This is not the case in MCPS.

How can anybody say anything about the hardness/easiness of the PARCCs? They're not ready yet.

10:13 here. It wasn't the official PARCC, but this past spring some NY schools tested a common core standardized test in language arts and math. I think some MCPS schools will be testing PARCC this school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

10:13 here. It wasn't the official PARCC, but this past spring some NY schools tested a common core standardized test in language arts and math. I think some MCPS schools will be testing PARCC this school year.

That's good to know, thanks.

Here's what I think will happen when MCPS (along with the rest of the state, and a lot of other states) has switched to the PARCC tests

1. If the PARCC scores are good, DCUM will say, "See? They dumbed down the tests!"
2. If the PARCC scores are bad, DCUM will say, "See? MCPS is terrible!"
3. If the PARCC scores are medium, DCUM will say, "See? They dumbed down the tests, and MCPS is terrible!"

It's so handy when you're prepared for any outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

10:13 here. It wasn't the official PARCC, but this past spring some NY schools tested a common core standardized test in language arts and math. I think some MCPS schools will be testing PARCC this school year.

That's good to know, thanks.

Here's what I think will happen when MCPS (along with the rest of the state, and a lot of other states) has switched to the PARCC tests

1. If the PARCC scores are good, DCUM will say, "See? They dumbed down the tests!"
2. If the PARCC scores are bad, DCUM will say, "See? MCPS is terrible!"
3. If the PARCC scores are medium, DCUM will say, "See? They dumbed down the tests, and MCPS is terrible!"

It's so handy when you're prepared for any outcome.

You just made my morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not an MCPS or Josh Starr problem exlcusively. My cousin teaches in Westchester County in NY, a county similar to Montgomery County. She complains about common core too, but she thinks the standards are too high, and not developmentally appropriate. She sees some of the books that DD reads, and says she wouldn't allow her kids to read such advanced books at DD's age, for some reason that I cannot fathom. She thinks the new standardized test, PARCC, is too hard.
They also have a standards based report card, though not exactly ES, P, I, N. Something similar though. She hates it.

PARCC is not too hard. You see similar tests at private schools. However, what you also see at privates are K classes that are developmentally appropriate. This is not the case in MCPS.

How can anybody say anything about the hardness/easiness of the PARCCs? They're not ready yet.

As an educator who also writes curriculum using CC standards, it's easy say how difficult the PARCC assessments are (will be) based on the prototypes and based on the rigor in the CC standards.

doesn't take an Einstein to figure that out if you're in the know, honey!