Common Core Adoption/Implementation. "This is the Hotel California that Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia Built"
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| Private trade organizations NGA/CCSSO say: This is the house that we built via our specifications that you have to pay for and live in. Just call it the "Hotel California" |
Think of Common Core standards and adoption this way. States can check in but they can never leave. (At least not without the approval of the Federal Government). Here's how CCSS evolved:
A contractor contacts you and says he will you build you a house in a subdivision of other homes. He will give you $100,000 toward the construction, but he will build the house of his dreams, not yours. He promises it will be a mansion and the best on the market. It will be just as beautiful and quality constructed as the other homes in the subdivision. He can't show you a blueprint and can't give you an idea of your final cost, but trust him. It will be great.
You also don't know his credentials and his subcontractors but you decide his promise of giving you