Common Core goals come under fire
Standards are being eyed
April 28, 2013
, The Marietta Times
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Standards are being eyed |
MARIETTA - Three years after Ohio adopted the Common Core educational standards and a little more than 15 months from the start of the first year in which students will be tested on them, the standards are coming under fire at the national, state and local levels.
"It's basically a power grab by the federal government to take over the schools," said Jay Owens, 46, of Waterford.
Developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers, the stated goal of the Common Core standards is to clearly establish what is expected of students in math and English language arts at each grade level. The Common Core Standards Initiative website,www.corestandards.org, disputes the assertion that it is a national curriculum.
"They are a clear set of shared goals and expectations for what knowledge and skills will help our students succeed," it says in a section labeled "Myth vs. Facts." "Local teachers, principals,