Missouri Education Watchdog: Fuzzy Math Coming Home to Roost in Common Core State (sic) Standards?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Fuzzy Math Coming Home to Roost in Common Core State (sic) Standards?:

Fuzzy Math Coming Home to Roost in Common Core State (sic) Standards?

by stlgretchen

In a recent email,  GovExec.com Today: Pay freeze limbo; fuzzy math on BRAC savings, fromgovexec.com:

The 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission may have achieved recurring annual savings, but flawed cost estimates produced a doubling of anticipated expenses, the Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday.

Auditors also recommended improved methodology for predicting new costs in base construction, information technology and personnel during future BRACs.

“By implementing BRAC 2005, DoD closed 24 major bases, realigned 24 major bases, eliminated about 12,000 civilian positions, and achieved estimated net annual recurring savings of $3.8 billion,” GAO said. “However, the department cannot provide documentation to show to what extent it reduced plant replacement value or vacated leased space as it reported in May 2005 that it intended to do. Also, DoD