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Anonymous wrote:#2 Since teachers weren't involved, the standards are not appropriate and they are confusing to teachers.

Are teachers the only ones who are able to determine whether standards are [b]appropriate[/b]? Are teachers unable to understand materials written by non-teachers? [/quote]

No, but don't you think teachers are in a position to judge best what is appropriate?  I think so.

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Judge BEST? No, I don't think so. Like anybody else, teachers know what they know, and often don't know what they don't know. For example, there has been a lot of talk about how the math standards in the early grades are inappropriate for child development. But the math standards in the early grades are very comparable to Singapore Math, which they actually used in Singapore, so either children develop differently in Singapore, or the standards are not inappropriate for child development.

Teachers are certainly judges of what's appropriate, but they are not the only judges.[/quote]

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