Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/09/uncommon_not_core.html

One person's view of why CC math is not a good thing. She explains why.

Ah yes. She doesn't like the Common Core standards because

1. they are too hard
2. they requires students to understand math
3. something something calculators

Anonymous wrote:http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/09/uncommon_not_core.html

One person's view of why CC math is not a good thing. She explains why.


Ah yes. She doesn't like the Common Core standards because

1. they are too hard
2. they requires students to understand math
3. something something calculators

Anonymous wrote:

The schools are already required to do the testing. Even schools that will never see a penny of Race to the Top money are required to do the testing. They have been required to do the testing since passing of the No Child Left Behind law in 2001.

Know that--but a PP said testing is not required in Race to the Top. I think it's the poster who thinks that anything Arne Duncan does is gold.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/09/uncommon_not_core.html

One person's view of why CC math is not a good thing. She explains why.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/09/uncommon_not_core.html

One person's view of why CC math is not a good thing. She explains why.

The schools are already required to do the testing. Even schools that will never see a penny of Race to the Top money are required to do the testing. They have been required to do the testing since passing of the No Child Left Behind law in 2001.

Anonymous wrote:

Where do the Race to the Top require testing?

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html

Clue: "assessments" means testing.

Anonymous wrote:

If children do not do well on the tests, then that means that they are not learning what they should be learning.

1. Assumes the standards are good.
2. Assumes the tests are valid and accurately measure the standards.

You don't seem to know much about the development of standards and tests.

Anonymous wrote: Yes, I'm being dramatic. The area of academics where my child with autism is gifted is math. While he needed every kind of therapy from toddlerhood, he fell in love with numbers and math before he could hold a conversation and he can handle complex calculations without explaining how. We are working hard to make sure he develops the social skills he needs to hopefully one day contribute to society and live independently. He has an IEP and private services to help him reach benchmark in the areas where he struggles. Sadly, the common core math is sucking the love, confidence and motivation right out of him. Sure we can get accommodations for the endless writing involved, but this one size fits all crap is moronic. I'll be lucky if I can get him through highschool if something doesn't change and this kid is in the top 1 percentile for math abilities and non-verbal reasoning.

How do I protest this? Most of America is furious and it seems complaining to the school board goes nowhere. I think a congressman or senator is suing. Should we all get signs and protest outside the department of education? What will it take?

If children do not do well on the tests, then that means that they are not learning what they should be learning.

Where do the Race to the Top require testing?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You should take a lesson in "close reading" that is require by the Common Core.

Race to the Top Funds, the only reason Common Core is in existence, DEMAND TESTING.

These tests have commenced in several states and the result in universal, massive failure.

The universal failure will be almost nationwide next year, when the results of this springs Armegeddon tests are released.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires testing. Where do the Race to the Top grants require testing? Please provide a link. Also, the Common Core standards come from the states. They do not come from the federal government.

But, in any case, so what? If children do not do well on the tests, then that means that they are not learning what they should be learning. And if children are not learning what they should be learning, then that is the problem.