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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This problem predates the Common Core standards, and getting rid of the Common Core standards won't solve it.[/quote]

Tell me again what the problem is that Common Core solves.

Oh, yeah, it has something to do with other countries and that they are doing better than we are, right?

So why don't we look at those countries and do what they are doing?   Which is not testing like this every year and which involves more pathways in schools.  And then we can compare ourselves using the same students that they use when they put out their data.

I'm not against national standards, but in the US you've got to give more flexibility and provide paths.  We have to stop kicking ourselves down and bring our students up.  All the tests are demoralizing to students and communities.  They are looking for real solutions.  Show how kids can be successful.  Don't show them more failure.  Also, when teachers have nothing but penalties when they struggle, it's very disheartening.  Who wants a job where they are asked to do more than they physically can and then they get beaten down for it.

In the countries that are doing well, the teachers spend 60% of their time in front of students.  In the US, it is 80%.  Start there.  The teachers in the other countries have time to spend generating the curriculum for their standards and discussing their plans with other teachers.  Here the teachers are running like crazy chickens.  If you don't solve this, you are not going to get far with the implementation of the standards. [/quote]

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