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[quote=Anonymous]These are objections to the process:

[i]We don’t know how the committees to write the standards were selected.
The writers had little or no classroom experience.
Some of the writers weren’t even subject matter experts.
the standards were not vetted. 
No feedback or miniscule feedback from classroom teachers.[/i]

This is an objection to implementation (which I think is incorrect; since people are already using the standards, we actually do know how the standards are being used):

[i]We don’t know how the standards are to be used.[/i]

This is an objection to the standards:

[i]The “standards” do not follow the criteria outlined for them.[/i]

I wish somebody would provide some specific information about how the standards do not follow the criteria, besides that they are "too vague" or "not measurable" or "too wordy". If you were writing the standards, what standards would you write? What are some examples of good standards?

And actually, there have been plenty of explanations about how the standards will help. The standards will help solve the problems caused by heterogeneous and/or low standards among the various states. They are not a panacea, and they may not solve the problems you consider most important. But that doesn't mean they're useless.[/quote]

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