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[quote=Anonymous]Here are the 24 people who wrote the standards. I've given a few examples. Notice their incredible LACK of credentials to be doing this IMPORTANT job:

https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/those-24-common-core-2009-work-group-members/

Robin O’Callaghan has a bachelors and doctorate in mathematics (in school from 1966 to 1975 earning these two degrees). Her linkedin bio lists employment from 1997 to present as being with the [b]Educational Testing Service (ETS), then College Board, and back to ETS. [/b]If O’Callaghan was ever a classroom teacher, it has not been in the last 17 years. Since her degrees are not in mathematics education, classroom teaching experience is unlikely.

Andrew Schwartz is another mystery who has limited biographical information on the web. And like the ACT website, the College Board website does not provide information on a man with a seemingly impressive title, Assessment Manager, Research and Development, The College Board. [b]Bio: “I’m Andrew, and I work for a testing company.”[/b]

Laura McGiffert Slover  has been with the nonprofit Achieve since 1998. She is still with Achieve and is also CEO of PARCC (Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) as of September 2013. Slover taught high school English in Eagle County, Colorado, at some point between graduating from Harvard in 1990 and joining Achieve in 1998. Thus, she had been away from the classroom for at least 11 years by 2009, and her classroom teaching experience is not in mathematics.

[b]Doug Sovde is also now tied to PARCC and Achieve as the director of PARCC c[/b]ontent and instructional supports at Achieve. Sovde does have classroom teaching experience in Bellvue, Washington, though the number of years in the classroom is unclear (the linked info notes 12 combined years as teacher, assistant principal, and principal). Sovde’s bachelors degree is in mathematics, and his teaching experience is in high school math. He left the classroom before 2006– at least three years prior to his stint on the 2009 NGA CCSS work group.
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