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That's not a standards problem, that's a problem with how schools and teachers have chosen to implement the standard. The standard did not tell them or force them to teach content without prerequisite skills. [/quote]

This has been repeated constantly on CC threads.  The standards do not exist in a vacuum.
 
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Again, the standards DO NOT dictate or specify the implementation flaws that were noted above, like skipping prerequisites.  If prerequisites are being skipped, it's because schools are skipping them, not because of the standard.  If you want to suggest anything to the contrary, you'll have to provide a specific citation from the actual standard to support it.  http://www.corestandards.org/[/quote]

What you fail to realize is the standards are just one part of the scheme. It's all about testing and conformity and punishing teachers and school districts. The creators of the Common Core aren't interested in the standards unless they can use them to whip schools and districts into their narrow type of thinking.

They've blatantly said this, in fact, and yet CC supporters insist on this unicorn and rainbow vision of the standards. They are counting on the teachers' fear of the standardized tests to have them all teach in the same fashion. They are alarmed that so many states are dropping out of the PARCC and the Smarter Balanced. And once the test results come out, more states will follow. [/quote]

That's utter and complete bullshit. It's not a "narrow" way of thinking, nor is it a "way of teaching" - it's a minimum standard.  If teachers have something nifty, creative and wonderful that they'd like to add into the mix, they are still PERFECTLY FREE TO DO SO.

Also, PARCC and Smarter Balanced are just two things being developed to align to Common Core.  Common Core did not dictate or mandate either of them, again all Common Core does is define a minimum standard, and they left it up to state consortia like Smarter Balanced to figure out how they wanted to deal with it.  PARCC is supposed to assess students, not teachers.  Where it's being used to assess teachers, that's strictly a local decision, not a Common Core requirement.

Ultimately, getting rid of Common Core is a huge step backward.  If you have a problem with Common Core, it should be addressed at the specific elements and standards, to fix them, not just wholesale, vague and generalized trashing and randomly jumbling and commingling what are SEPARATE issues.  If you have a problem with crappy materials, that's a problem with your textbook vendor, it's a SEPARATE issue.  If you have a problem with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, those are SEPARATE issues.  If you have a problem with teacher assessments, that is a SEPARATE issue.[/quote]

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