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Common Core was based on existing state standards, and many comparisons have been done between Common Core and various existing state standards - and these comparisons show pretty clearly that Common Core is more about harmonizing to a common, shared set of standards than it is about raising them significantly beyond where most state standards already were.

It's not jacking the standards up to new level which is unattainable, forcing dropouts. If you are insisting that is the case, then that means the existing state standards were already unattainable, which really doesn't help your anti-CC cause. [/quote]

Then why did they do it?  Lots of money to recreate the wheel.
 
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I thought you had claimed to have read the purpose statement of Common Core (from the "send everyone to college" claims above).  I guess you missed this:

"One root cause has been an uneven patchwork of academic standards that vary from state to state and do not agree on what students should know and be able to do at each grade level.

Recognizing the value and need for consistent learning goals across states, in 2009 the state school chiefs and governors that comprise CCSSO and the NGA Center coordinated a state-led effort to develop the Common Core State Standards."

You'll also note that it was *STATE* school chiefs and *STATE* governors.  Just stating that again since it still doesn't seem to have sunk in.

Also, it's nowhere near as expensive as recreating the wheel independently 50 different ways, for each state.  You were bitching about a cost of $330 million.  Divide that by 50, and it's $6.6 million per state.  I can assure you that state standards cost a hell of a lot more than $6.6 million. [/quote]

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