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I agree with OP, particularly in terms of weighing down mathematical analysis with mumbo-jumbo. Many students are more than capable of doing the math, but can't explain it, which doesn't mean they don't understand it. Some students also may not have the reading and multitasking skills to wade through every text and direction (particularly for the PARCC math test, which is aligned to the Common Core). This means that many students will not fare well in math class, not because they lack math understanding, but because language competency intrudes far too much in the math curriculum, which is completely inappropriate at the elementary school level. Middle schoolers and higher schoolers would be expected to be more articulate in this regard.

As usual, the curriculum also teaches far too many concepts and doesn't dig deep. This is problematic, because it means that most students will not reach levels of critical thinking skills and analysis that students in other countries are working on, through more challenging work in fewer subjects.

Having lived in different countries, I have noticed that this is not just a problem with Common Core. The USA has a long curriculum tradition of going "a mile wide, an inch deep" compared to other countries - and this partly explains why American students have such low performance scores in worldwide tests.
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