Schools Matter: Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.

Schools Matter: Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.:

Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.

by skrashen

Resolution on National Standards and Tests

Submitted to National Council of Teachers of English, Committee on Resolutions, via e-mail, on October 10, 2011, for consideration during the Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

The movement for national standards and tests is based on these claims: (1) Our educational system is broken, as revealed by US students' scores on international tests; (2) We must improve education to improve the economy; (3) The way to improve education is to have national standards and national tests to reveal whether standards are being met.

Each of these claims is false. (1) Our schools are not broken. The problem is poverty. Test scores of students