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1. an explanation of why a lack of input from classroom teachers means that the standards must therefore be bad, and 
 2. an example (or two!) of a bad standard. [/quote]

Unless the standards are used as wallpaper, it would seem that teachers would know best what is reasonable to expect from their students.
 
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No, I don't think that follows at all. The teachers probably know best what their students actually do. But that's not what the Common Core standards are about. The Common Core standards are about what the students should be able to do.

And I keep waiting for an example of a bad standard. While I'm waiting, I'm going to provide my own examples of standards. For example, do you think that

CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.2
Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

is a bad math standard for second grade?

How about

CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.1
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)

Is that a bad math standard for fifth grade?

How about

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4.c
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Is that a bad English/language arts standard for third grade?[/quote]

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