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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which Common Core standards do you think are a joke, and why do you think so?[/quote]
[Excellent summary of the federal politics behind CC]  
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That's interesting. You didn't answer the question. [...]
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I don't know what the earlier poster had in mind, but here is one (jokish CC standard):
"Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others."  (from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative#Mathematics_standards).
Sounds good, right?  No, because this was already done, but [i]correctly[/i], in Curriculum 1.0.  It was called a PROOF.  Mathematics is a [i]language[/i], and within that language conclusions are justified using proofs.  The reasoning of another is critiqued by identifying an error at some step of his/her proof.  Replacing that with "write a paragraph explaining why Frank's answer is correct" is a huge step backwards (not to mention a nightmare for the teacher who has to decide how much partial credit to give for not-quite-coherent answers).

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