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Reply to "Want to know what Common Core testing will look like in Maryland? Look to New York."
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] PTA President Lana Ajemian told reporters in a conference call that the association's members support the increased rigor of the Common Core standards but are deeply concerned about the way they are being implemented in New York.[/quote] I support Common Core, but agree that the way tests have been rolled out in NY has been hasty, and it appears the tests they are using are excessively long and poorly written. In addition, either NYC or NYS has adopted a hastily written new curriculum that apparently isn't very good either. It would relieve a LOT of pressure on teachers, and therefore on students, to take a year or more off from having these test results count for high stakes decisions (like entrance to competitive programs, graduation, and teacher evaluation.) However, decisions still would need to be made, and it isn't clear what alternative measures are out there that would also be fair.[/quote]
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