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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopeless.  [b]We've given lots of examples of poor standards.[/b]

If these standards are so good:  please document.[/quote]

Actually, I've posted almost all of the standards that have posted. The discussion has mostly gone like this.

Me: *posts standard* Is this a bad standard?
anti-CCSS poster: LOL yes.
Me: Why?
anti-CCSS poster: Well, duh.

Sometimes there is more detail in the response. For example,

-"It's not measurable" (except that it is; I think that these anti-CCSS posters don't necessarily understand measurement)
-"It's developmentally inappropriate" (which begs the question; specifically what about it is developmentally inappropriate?)
-"It's badly written" (the copy-editor issue; unfortunately the copy-editors so far have not provided any editing suggestions)

[b]And no, I don't need to document that the standards are good. You're the one saying that they're not good; it's on you to support what you're saying[/b].[/quote]

Well, there's some great Common Core critical thinking for you.

No, it really is on you and the rest of the establishment to prove these standards are good. Otherwise, [b]we won't continue jumping through hoops[/b]. [/quote]

The burden of proof is on the accuser.  You haven't brought any meaningful, objective proof to bear with your accusations that the standards are "bad" or "developmentally inappropriate" and you are now saying you aren't willing to do so.

In a court of law, if you accuse someone of something bad, there has to be robust evidence.  Otherwise, the accused walks free with the presumption that there was nothing bad.  Basically you have conceded the argument.
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Keep telling yourself that. Meanwhile, we are disassembling the Common Core around the country. It's slow now, but once the test results hit like a jackhammer next fall, Common Core will be dead standards walking as politicians run for cover and start axing them state by state.[/quote]

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