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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure there is a logical reason why the gap is widening. Or, at least, someone can make something up.[/quote] I haven't read the other comments yet. I support the thinking behind the Common Core effort, but I think a lot of the drop is probably due to the way the Common Core project has been implemented. The Common Core standards are too vague and flowery. Schools are supposed to try to get small children to have a deep understanding of what they read, and to have a deep understanding of how to solve problems in math. In an effort to make our children deep thinkers, the schools skimp on things like teaching kids about multiplication tables, the parts of speech, and commas. The result is kids who don't know the basics, aren't deep thinkers, and talk a lot about rubrics. I think that Asian kids are doing better, overall, because their parents are more likely to send them to tutoring programs that use traditional methods to teach math.[/quote]
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