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The answer to that is self evident when one looks at her background. She was close to Romney and was put on the committee via her political connections.[/quote]

So, you admit the committee members were chosen based on politics?  And, our Common Core supporter thinks they were all "expert standard writers".........so which is it: expert or politics?

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You were (or somebody was) was quoting from her approvingly. So evidently you think she was qualified to be on the committee. Or are her qualifications retroactive, based on the fact that she's now publishing anti-Common Core stuff through the Heritage Foundation?

As for me, I don't care who was on the committees. The proof is in the pudding -- namely, the standards.

What do you think about this standard?

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1.a
Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.

How about this one?

CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.1
Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.[/quote]

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