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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers have always tested and observed.  With these new ways of doing things, they  must test the way someone else has decided they should test.  They must test kids that have clearly mastered topics, too.  Waste of time when the teacher could be teaching.[/quote]

We've always tested.  The tests now are just national and state tests rather than just classroom tests.  Is there too much testing?  Maybe.  But that has nothing to do with CC standards.  Whatever standards they implement, they could still make the kids test repeatedly.  Again, these are two separate issues - testing and standards.[/quote]

The issues are NOT separate. Stop lying about the process. Common Core Standards demand testing so it can be determined that every child is "common."

The ONLY reason states stupidly signed up for the Core was the federal incentives and NCLB, and those demand common tests that can be used to fire teachers, defund schools, and ruin children who aren't typical learners. [/quote]

What is this "process" that I'm lying about?  LOL!  The "common" in Common Core is about how different states should have a "common" standard, not that it is turning our kids "common".  But that was funny.  The testing is to measure if they are meeting those standards.

And I'm pretty sure they didn't set out to "ruin" non-typical learners.   Maybe they didn't give enough thought to non-typical learners, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't test kids to make sure they meet standards.[/quote]

And when 70 percent of the regular school population and 95 percent of the special ed don't pass these precious tests, what is going to happen to those children? Or can't your pea-sized brain process that?[/quote]

I see.  So now the problem is that they can't pass the test, not that there are tests or that they are making our kids "common".  A lot of kids cannot pass the test, so therefore, we should lower the standards so they can pass the test.  Got it.  Maybe the problem is not the standards but the teaching materials or the way the tests are worded.  Again, this doesn't mean we should not have national standards that are common.  [/quote]

There are myriad problems with Common Core. The tests will be their undoing.

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