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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:

No, it doesn't work that way. You said that they are inappropriate. Which standards are inappropriate, and how do you know that they are inappropriate?

There is one posted above. I've posted several on other threads.

Which one? This one?

CCSS.Math.Content.K.NBT.A.1 
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

[b]The reactions to this one were:

1. My kid did this in pre-school 
2. MCPS used to do this in kindergarten before the Common Core standards 
3. Children who start kindergarten behind will not be able to do this 
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So no, I'm not persuaded. How about another one? How about this one, for example?

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.1 
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.[/quote]

The problem is that you need some data.  You cannot just say what "reactions" were to your posted standards here on DCUM.  Those comments do not constitute a properly researched investigation of the standard and its impact on a wide variety of students.  It is really up to the people who are gung ho about these standards to persuade the skeptics.  They need real world experience and data to show the naysayers.  Otherwise they will just keep saying, the standards are good and you have to show us they aren't.  That's not how true progress is made.  There has to be more than just "I think they're good".  They are the ones who put the standards out there so they are the ones who must show others that they did the right thing.  [/quote]

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