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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I usually like Valerie Strauss' work, but I don't think this is her best piece (although I get that it's guest-written).

This is not a formalized and validated standardized assessment against the first grade standards. There aren't standardized tests until third grade--and in fact, the more compelling problem with assessment in NY is that the third grade tests AREN'T aligned to the Common Core. They are teaching one curriculum but using an older test, so they aren't actually assessing students based on the material that they have been taught.

But this looks to me like a classroom test that a teacher would administer to get some benchmarks on how well students are understanding the material (and ideally which parts are understood and which need more attention in the classroom). It's not a great test (some of the answers don't fit, like in #12), and there's no way to get partial credit for some of the multi-part questions. BUT, it's not a high stakes standardized assessment.

So to say "the test provides insight into why New York State parents are up in arms about testing and the Common Core," is disingenous. The test is problematic because whatever curriculum the district is using has a maladroit classroom assessment in it, not because (a) Common Core has problems (which it might) or (b) the PARCC/Smarter Balanced assessments have problems.[/quote]

NY started using the "official" tests last year. 70 percent bombed them, even after being talk "Common Core" standards.

N.C. test results using official tests come out next week -- and more than half the kids failed.

Kentucky has release two rounds of official testing: Both major bombings.  A small percentage did better this year over last, but just think about it: For TWO YEARS these kids have been taught Common Core drivel, and most are getting it.

Kids don't understand Common Core, and teachers don't know how to teach Common Core.

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