Monday, February 11, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Why Does Your School District Have to Take Orders from a Private Trade Organization?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Why Does Your School District Have to Take Orders from a Private Trade Organization?:


Why Does Your School District Have to Take Orders from a Private Trade Organization?

The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is "offering guidance" to school districts toward the implementation of Common Core standards. 

Question:  Why is a private organization telling local school districts how they must direct their educational delivery and what requirements they must meet?  

From edweek.com:

One of the two consortia designing tests for the Common Core State Standards recently 


IB Officially Supports Common Core

From http://www.ibo.org/iba/commoncore/:

 IB and the Common Core State Standards


Connecting IB to the Core
Position Statement: IB position paper on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
The IB is pleased to announce the release of a position paper in support of the Common Core State Standards(CCSS) initiative in the United States. You, our stakeholders, will benefit from the IB’s pro-active