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Yes! Common Core is a thought straitjacket. It requires all children to learn the same things in the same ways and express them in exactly the same ways.

It's interesting -- and sad and frightening -- to hear those from China say it's very similar to the Chinese system. No creative thought, but hey, they're good test takers!

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"Those from China" who? Who has said this, and where have they said it?

I'm also not sure how CCSS.Math.Content.3.NBT.A.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. or CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

are "thought straitjackets", unless you maybe you think that doing math in base 10 is mindless conformity, or that schools should not expect an understanding of written language, but ok.[/quote]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/opinion/zhao-common-core-testing/

Common Core, don't copy China's test-prep culture
By Yong Zhao
updated 11:53 AM EST, Wed December 10, 2014

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(CNN) -- The goal of Common Core is laudable: Give all students a common experience in English and math. But the path to that end has been fraught with problems. For one thing, more parents and educators are upset over all the tests students now have to take. Teachers are concerned about the negative impact of teaching to the test.

Supporters of Common Core insist the standards and tests are necessary for holding schools accountable and ensuring a better future for America. [b]But they may want to take a page from China, which has experienced the good, bad and ugly of a testing culture.[/b]

For over a thousand years, Chinese emperors used the imperial exam system keju to select government officials. When the great empire was shattered by Western powers in the 19th century, keju was blamed for China's failure to cultivate the creative and diverse talents needed for modernization. It was officially ended in 1905. But the keju spirit lives on today in the body of the college entrance exam, or gaokao.

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The Chinese system has also produced many extremely hardworking, highly motivated and excellent professionals. It's true that the very best ones are sought after by Fortune 500 companies. But they are a tiny fraction. One study shows that fewer than 10% of Chinese graduates would be qualified to work in a foreign company in occupations such as engineering, finance and accounting.
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The truth is that the testing culture of China has taken a big toll.[/b] Corruption such as bribery, cheating and other forms of fraud intended to boost test results has been rampant in the past as well as today. Stress, anxiety, poor physical health and a lack of social and practical life skills are well-known characteristics of Chinese students.

[b]The biggest price China has paid is the loss of creative talents. Its education system stifles creativity, suppresses individuality and induces conformity by forcing all children to compete for better test outcomes in a narrow set of subjects.[/b]

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