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[quote=Anonymous]the problem with standards, of course, is that it's ridiculous to expect every 11 year old to  know and accomplish the exact same things.  Some pick things up easily, some work hard and get the hard material, some need more time in one area but excel in another, etc., etc.

This is what I would love to see.  I know it will never happen, but a girl can dream:

Develop a list of standards through 12th grade (or through 8th grade if you want).  Maybe even keep the common core standards.  But disasociate them from the grade levels.
So the standards look like one giant list of things a child should learn in rough order:
1.  One-to-one number correspondance
2.  Identify shapes
...
34.  Add two digit numbers with sums greater than 100
...
78.  Determine the slope of a line.  
etc.

You can provide parents with a general guideline.  "By their 6th birthday most children have matered math standards through #12.  By their 7th birthday most students have mastered standards through #23. etc"

And then move each child through the standards at a pace approriate for them.  Group kids according to where they are with the material, rather than their birthday.  For example, all kids in the school working on standards 13 - 15 work togeher in a math group, weather they are in K or in 2nd.  Eliminate the current construct of "grade level" entirely, except for homeroom, lunch, etc.  Teach each child where they are and ensure that they actually master the material before learning more advanced material, instead of just mindlessloy promoting them each year.

It shouldn't be as hard as we're making it.[/quote]

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