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This does a great job of detailing the problems with Common Core:

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/what-does-common-core-mean-special-ed

What does the Common Core mean for special ed?
It’s up to states and districts to determine how to implement accommodations
By:
Alison DeNisco
District Administration, December 2014

The Common Core is presenting a new challenge—and offering little guidance—to special education teachers working to keep their students on pace with their peers....

[b]The Common Core addresses students with disabilities in a 1 ½-page document. [/b]It states that special-needs students must have support services, individualized instruction and assistive technology to “enable their access to the general education curriculum.” However, it does not state what these services are or how they should be implemented. Changes in curriculum must “not change the standards, but allow students to learn within the framework of the Common Core,” the document states.

Approximately 6 percent of the U.S. student population has significant cognitive disabilities, including general intellectual disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, and language and reading impairments that aren’t helped by enlarged text or hearing aids, says Katharine Beals, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education who has written about the Common Core’s impact on special education.

“The Common Core is one-size-fits-all, and there isn’t room for a student who has a cognitive age below expectations to get remediation,” Beals says. “The philosophy is driven by good intent, but it’s a lot of wishful thinking. There’s a lot of research out there suggesting that if you want a child to make progress, the most sufficient way to do that is to drop things down to their current level of development.”[/quote]

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