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That's basically the definition of a standard. If different kids had different standards, the standards wouldn't be standards.

Also, states had standards before the Common Core standards.

You think that is a good argument for Common Core? Here's a hint: it's not.

It is a good argument against the idea that there were no standards in education until the Common Core State Standards came along, though.   [/quote]

The teacher quoted above has said things changed with Common Core.  Maybe, it is the developmental inappropriateness of the new standards.  After all, the premise is that the new standards will improve education.  The data says it won't.

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The teacher above is just one isolated anecdote.  It doesn't particularly provide anything useful in terms of objective data or critera, although one might consider it a subjective data point.  But, what's the rest of the story?  One needs to look at why, specifically, her readers were struggling?  It's not as though Common Core suddenly accelerated reading expectations by several grade levels, in fact Common Core reading standards are pretty much in line with what has already been in place in most states for years prior to Common Core.  I tend to suspect that quite likely the case was that many of her readers were struggling because they had inappropriate, substandard reading education in the grades prior to entering her middle school.  And, as has been pointed out several times already, there's nothing in Common Core that precludes schools from offering supplementary reading supports to help bring those students up to speed.  If schools aren't providing adequate or appropriate supports, that's a failing of the school administration, not a failing of Common Core.[/quote]

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