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I do not have an issue with standards.   I have an issue with how they are implemented for every child. No he main point of this topic is the impact on special needs kids who may learn differently.  No one has taken the standards and modified them to make them work with the many different disabilities and delays children may be dealing with. [/quote]

That is correct.   If you modify a standard to be different for different types of students, it is not longer a standard.[/quote]

So, basically a child like mine with receptive issues who is a smart kid in some areas is destined to fail [/quote]

I don't know what is meant by "receptive issues" but yes, if your child has a learning disability that makes him unable to meet grade level standards, by definition he is not working at the standard and is failing to meet them.   [/quote]

So you have a bunch of children with learning disabilities, autism, fragile X, ect.  who could be quite successful in life but because the standards are specifically designed to highlight their weaknesses and punish them for it, they are doomed to  lifetime of public assistance because they won't get a high school diploma.  I hope you and your special little kids like paying for it. [/quote]

No, they can get a high school diploma, just not one that says they have mastered the Common Core standards, because they haven't.

But this is nothing new.   Even under the old standards, students were unable to meet the standards.   In New York State, students had the possibility of earning either a Regents high school diploma (they met the requirements to pass courses and state exams) or a local high school diploma (for kids who were unable to meet the requirements).   A Regents high school diploma was supposed to signify that the student was prepared to do college level work without needing remediation.   (I'm not sure how well it did in fact, but that's another issue).

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