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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't disagree with common state standards but feel this has been shoved out too quickly and something feels...  nefarious about the whole implementation.

I find it hard to accept a curriculum change when there is obviously no support or materials for the curriculum.

Not a fan of the extreme and expensive testing either.

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Work on the Common Core goes back to at least 2008. States adopted the Common Core in 2010 and 2011. How much time do you think it should have taken? And who do you think is behind the nefariousness?

Not to mention that:

1.  The Common Core is not a curriculum. The Common Core is standards for what children should know and be able to do at a given grade level. The Common Core does not say how to teach these things. It is up to the individual states and school districts to develop the curricula that align with the Common Core.
2.  The extreme and expensive testing is mandated by a federal law (No Child Left Behind), not the Common Core. There is nothing in the Common Core that requires testing.[/quote]

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