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I also don't understand how the Common Core standards are making us less flexible. Is there something particularly rigid about, for example,

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1 
 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.[/quote]

So, for starters:
What is "effectively"?  Is it measurable?  Is it "clear"?

[b]range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts

[/b] A one-on-one "collaborative" discussion?  Really?  Diverse partners, I guess, means that you mix up the kids--no problem with that--but, I suspect that what it really means is that you mix the high achievers with the low achievers.  Teachers have been doing that for years.  Sounds to me like this is encouraging those group projects that teachers give--you know the ones where one or two of the kids do all the work?  It usually has to be done out of school and the teacher is always sure to match your kid with the one who lives way, way from you and whose mother cannot provide transportation because she is on a business trip.

How in the world is this to be tested by PARCC?[/quote]

You're galloping from argument to argument. The argument at the top was, "The Common Core standard limits our flexibility!" The question was, "How does this standard limit our flexibility?" Please answer that question.

Also, once again, an opponent of the Common Core standards is conflating the Common Core standards with the PARCC tests.[/quote]

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