Reply to Have you all read this editorial about Common Core testing?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Have you all read this editorial about Common Core testing?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

My friends first-grade is also being subjected to this same curriculum. They live in Minnesota. He runs out of the room crying when she tries to talk to him about it.  He's overwhelmed. The pace is very fast. They have 10 units just like that to cover.[/quote]

Is he having trouble in reading, or in math?

Minnesota has only adopted the language arts part of Common Core this year.
Get this -- they thought that MATH Common Core was too WEAK, so they are using their own math standards for now.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/06/07/education/common-core-standards[/quote]

[quote]RIGOROUS MATH STANDARDS

In 2008, Minnesota adopted a more rigorous set of standards that laid out what math skills students should master every year from kindergarten to 12th grade.

When state was given the choice of signing on to the new Common Core, teachers and officials at the state Department of Education agreed that the state's own standards were best.

Math standards

The decision was made by Cassellius's predecessor, Alice Seagren and then Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican. But Cassellius supports the move.

[b]Cassellius said Minnesota's math standards are more challenging than those in the Common Core - and that the homegrown standards require deeper knowledge of math concepts, and mandates that students master them earlier than the national standards require.[/b]

For example, Minnesota students are required to finish Algebra I by 8th grade and Algebra II by 10th grade, something the Common Core does not mandate.It can mean more time in the classroom to achieve that mastery. Some students, however, may need more time in the classroom to meet the new state standards.[/quote][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics