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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a special educator and I was first excited about common core.  There is more overlap between subjects, which means more exposure and review.  However, the end expectation is for the student to synthesize information and explain reasoning.  For students who are just grasping the facts, they are not ready for the next step.

[b]Math is difficult because there are many students who can do the rote algorithm and show understanding in that way.  Ask them to explain why and they are totally lost.  That is 50% of the curriculum!  [/b]

There are still many answers sought and not a lot of guidance from higher ups.  There is more curriculum development for those students who are not on the diploma track, and it is leaving those students behind who are in the regular curriculum.  Not to say the old curriculum was perfect, but this has presented more challenges.[/quote]

Yes, of course; it is particularly hard for my dyslexic child. It assumes language is an area of strength for every child. This WP article explains it further:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/11/30/a-dissection-of-common-core-math-test-questions-leaves-educator-appalled/[/quote]

That post is not about the Common Core standards, or about the tests aligned to the Common Core that most students will take. It's about New York's tests, which are specific to New York. I think that everybody has acknowledged that New York's tests were bad.

Also, while I understand that word problems may be difficult for children who are dyslexic, I think that word problems are crucial for demonstrating understanding. I don't think it would be a good thing to throw out word problems on grounds that children who are dyslexic may have problems with them.[/quote]

My child has no problem with word problems, it's when they purposely make things difficult by making word problems something where a child needs to be an abstract thinker before she or she is developmentally ready and able is frustrating to me. The article about the NY common core applies to the thinking behind the abstract of this type of math, when math is a straightforward subject. [/quote]

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