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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:

The Common Core standards do not require children to be taught at grade level, regardless of where the children actually are, and rational administrators will not require it either.

But, there are tests. And, I know that is NCLB, but CC was designed with tests in mind.

I have read this assertion several times here, but there has not been any evidence to support it. There was one PP who provided links, but the links did not say what the PP said they said.

Regardless, if a child is below grade level,

1. the Common Core standards do not require the child to be taught at grade level, and 
2. teaching the child at grade level will not improve the child's test results.[/quote]

Yes, but this child will be required to take the end of year standardized test (whichever one) regardless because it is mandated by federal law.  The teacher will know that the child is going to fail and that [b]the test is an exercise in futility[/b], yet they have to do it.  It's more than just heartless; it's absurd.  [/quote]

Well, that depends on the purpose of the test. The purpose of the tests required by NCLB is to assess how the students in the school are doing. I guess there could be an option for "we know that the test results for this student will be bad, so let's just skip the test and mark "bad" for the student", but I'm not sure how that would work.[/quote]

NCLB testing could also provide some diagnostic feedback and be more useful in other ways, there's nothing in the law that says it can't - however, for whatever reason, states and local school officials have not seen fit to pursue that.[/quote]

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