Schools Matter: Common Core Comments Tell Different Story

Schools Matter: Common Core Comments Tell Different Story:

Common Core Comments Tell Different Story

by Judy Rabin

Reading through the comments on the National Governor's Association (NGA) Report on Public Feedback on Common Core Standards (2010) you would never know the public would like to see a well-rounded curriculum, less testing and assessment in math and reading, and age level appropriate curriculum that doesn't include standardized testing.

Despite repeated concerns about these and other issues in the report, however, these concerns are being ignored by policy makers and legislators.

In fact, the concluding paragraph of the Governor Association's document  states, "The feedback is, overall, very good news for the standards developers." Hmmm..and who might that be? It certainly isn't good news for the