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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's probably true... CC standards do require use of more language arts across the board.  Why is that a bad thing?  Yes, it's made school harder for those SN kids that have a hard time with this.  So, does that mean we should only have standards or curriculums that the lowest level can meet?  I don't understand this logic. Let's dumb down the curriculum so *everyone* can meet them?

SN kids need supports. Isn't that what IEPs are for?  So, if your school/teacher is not providing that so that your SN child can try to meet the standards, then that's an issue with the school/teacher, not the standards.  Or, maybe they should have completely separate standards for SN kids?[/quote]

Many of these kids would not be identified as SN.  They could score well on quantitative and spatial reasoning tests but low normal on verbal tests.  They would not qualify for any supports.

Even those who do qualify for supports will not get nearly adequate supports.  Spend some time on the SN boards if you think this is not true.  School district budgets are very strained and they cut corners wherever possible with SN supports.

The fact is that to be successful in math and STEM more generally in the real world you do not need particularly strong verbal skills.  So why are schools demanding this as a prerequisite for doing well in math?

Again, I do not think that meeting the objectives of Common Core, with which I agree, requires strong language skills.  It is simply the way that education majors in charge of putting together materials are advocating implementing CC because, as a general matter, their verbal abilities are much stronger than their quantitative abilities.  Looks like confirmation bias to me.

As an aside, their verbal abilities do not seem to be all that strong either if they are producing the kinds of poorly written worksheets that an OP on another thread has shown us.[/quote]

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