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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really Common Core standards that are the problem or is it the way the standards are tested and taught?[/quote]

It's Common Core and it's the twisted curriculum 2.0 that MD put in place to accomplish the Common Core standards.

Remember, Obama came up with Common Core when he was upset that the educational bar was low in Alabama and MIssouri. Not MCPS. 
So he rolled out Common Core, attached Fed funds to it if states subscribed and got a decent uptake. Regardless if one's state or large counties had better standards, teaching, customization, effectiveness or scores. 
MD paid Pearson's millions of dollars to come up with textbook-less Curriculum 2.0 plus a multi-million dollar recurring Chromebook contract. 
It rolled out in 2012 with K-6 with little teacher training and was a total disaster. It continued up the chain of grades. and now is undergoing constant tweaks.  There are frequent annual MAP tests for the county to track how its students may do on the May PARCC.

Typical test the the test antics with a big federal funds carrot bribe at the end.  Have you seen the class schedule for a 1st or 3rd grader?  two hours of math, then two hours of reading, lunch, two hours of english, 45 mins of rotational subject matter. 
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Obama didn't "come up with" Common Core.  It started at the state level, and the National Governor's Association released a significant report in 2008.  https://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/0812BENCHMARKING.PDF[/quote]

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