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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CC standards will not improve education.  It will hold back successful students while teachers give all their time to those who are borderline.  The rest will fall out.[/quote]

I disagree.   I am already seeing significant improvement in writing instruction in my children's schools -- grades 4 and 8, Maryland state.   Teachers are teaching writing to meet the new state standards for writing, not the old ones, which were far less challenging and did not require students to be able to write coherent paragraphs and essays on a topic.   My children are both good students, but they are being challenged to write better under the new Common Core standards.   I teach ESOL students as well, and see that in their classes, they are getting direct instruction in how to write a coherent essay.   For the past 5 years I have been teaching in MD schools, I have not seen this emphasis on writing.   Even after just 4 months of greater focus on writing, I am seeing big improvement in students' abilities to write, and I attribute this new emphasis to the new standards that have been implemented.

I am not seeing successful students being held back in any way.   Common Core Standards in writing have improved instruction, and student achievement, from what I can see.[/quote]

+1  We moved from a different state before they implemented CC.  When we moved to MD, they had already implemented 2.0, and my kid's writing was far behind.  Luckily, DC caught up.  I was impressed with how rigorous the writing standards seem to be.  Pretty impressive writing in early ES kids.[/quote]

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