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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Testing scores are rigged so most kids fail:

http://www.longislandpress.com/2015/03/12/anti-common-core-fury-intensifies-on-long-island-protest-draws-more-than-1k/

[b]Anti-Common Core Fury Intensifies on Long Island; Protest Draws More Than 1K [/b]

Diane Ravitch contended to the crowd that the cut scores [the grades set by the testing consortia to signify passing grades] were devised in such a way as to fail a set percentage of students and present an “invented crisis” in the education system. Based on her seven-year tenure on the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Ravitch described that the cut scores were based on proficiency levels set by NAEP, a threshold that a known minority of students were expected to reach.

“They knew well in advance that only 30 to 35 percent of students in most states have ever scored proficient by these standards,” she slammed. “The Common Core tests are designed to fail the majority of students and that is exactly what happened in New York State. But you have to understand that the cut scores are not based on science. They are not based on objective measures, but subjective judgment.”[/quote]

Wait, wait, wait. On the General Education Forum, I read that the cut scores are deliberately designed so that everybody fails. But on the Maryland Public Schools forum, I read that PARCC hasn't even decided on the cut scores yet! So confusing![/quote]

Take a look at the test results in NY and Kentucky. Kentucky has been teaching CCSS for 4 years, and testing for three. Looks like CC is making little headway in improving students' learning.

[b]Note that in high school only 55% of all of their students could pass the CCSS reading test and fewer than 40% could pass the CCSS math test[/b]. Among their minority, ESL and low income students only about 40% could pass their CCSS reading test and 27% could pass their math test!  And the results in Kentucky are not unlike the results found in New York, the other state that has CCSS test results of two or more years available. Analyze New York's results here. Kentucky here. [/quote]

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