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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is not with the standards, it's with the implimentation via the curriculum.

MCPS shoved this out with no real curriculum in place.  The Federal Government can't manage education state by state or on an over reaching federal level.

With a 2.4 Billion dollar budget in MCPS they should have modified an existing curriculum.   My second grader is actually regressing in reading and math, we are having to do supplemental work at home AFTER a six hour school day.

There is a PARCC test that the kids will take, and no matter what anyone says they will teach for the test.

In the words of Bill Gates himself...

[i]When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curriculum will line up as well—and that will unleash powerful market forces in the service of better teaching. For the first time, there will be a large base of customers eager to buy products that can help every kid learn and every teacher get better. Imagine having the people who create electrifying video games applying their intelligence to online tools that pull kids in and make algebra fun.
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Follow the money, always follow the money...

[b]For the first time, there will be a large base of customers eager to buy products that can help every kid learn and every teacher get better.[/b]

What the common core architects have invested are pennies on the dollar for what they expect Federal, State and parents "eager to buy products".

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One of the reasons why states with smaller populations, including DC, have chosen to go with CC is that it allows them access to more curriculum choices.  Publishers weren't previously making products solely for the smaller states, which meant that states often had to choose between products written for other states (e.g. for Texas where the standards are awful and very ideologically driven), or products that were outdated.  CCSS gives companies an incentive to create products that are aligned to the standards that DC and other small states are using, which leads to more choices, some of which will likely be very good.

Similarly, rather than having each state invest millions of dollars in developing it's test, the funds can be pooled and used to create something higher quality.[/quote]

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