Ravitch: ‘Be good parents’
Instead of adopting Common Core Standards, which haven’t been field tested, states should adopt Massachusetts’ “stellar” standards, said Diane Ravitch in an interview with the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram and Gazette.
Once a common core is in place, she recommends no-stakes testing similar to the National Assessment of Education Progress. High-stakes tests, such as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and other tests used under No Child Left Behind, lead to cheating, gaming the system and inflated scores, she said.
“You’ve got to have some kind of idea of what good education is and act on it without having a whip
