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Reply to ""Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests"
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[quote=Anonymous]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/why-common-core-standards-will-fail/2012/02/23/gIQATLgbUR_blog.html [quote]What's your baseline for that assertion? Even 100 years ago there were typically minimum educational expectations in schools for grammar, literacy, math, et cetera. Historically, you didn't just go from grade to grade without any tests. You didn't just go from grade to grade without reaching some level of mastery. Millions of kids were educated using things like McGuffey Readers which laid out a graduated plan with expectations of attainment at each level. Can you provide a meaningful, relevant and documented example of public schooling where achievement was somehow the same or better without any standards or expectations of attainment?[/quote] here you go[/quote]
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