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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/23/kindergarten-teacher-my-job-is-now-about-tests-and-data-not-children-i-quit/

Someone wrote about the wonderful standards in Massachusetts and how much better their education must be than those in Oklahoma.  Here's another opinion.[/quote]

I read a lot (a lot a lot) about paperwork and assessments. I didn't read much about the Common Core standards, besides that she likes the old math curriculum (TERC) and doesn't see the need for a new math curriculum (Singapore Math). (I suspect that Singapore Math is "more aligned" to the Common Core standards because the writers of the Common Core standards used Singapore Math. I also think that the TERC math curriculum looks quite Common Core-ish. You can see for yourself here: https://investigations.terc.edu/library/curric-gl/math_content_gk_2ed.pdf )

In any case, I didn't say that the standards in Massachusetts were wonderful. I said that opponents of the Common Core standards have said so. I don't know anything about the standards in Massachusetts, besides what I have heard about them from opponents of the Common Core standards.

What's more, nobody has said that the only thing you need for a good public education system is good standards. The question is whether you can have a good public education system with bad standards. I think that the answer to this question is probably no. (If you know of some good public education systems that have bad standards, please tell me what they are.) Good standards are necessary for a good public education system, but there are also other factors that are also necessary.[/quote]

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