Study: Georgia Performance Standards More Rigorous and Detailed than Common Core
From Carly Sharec in the Gainesville Times:
Sen. William Ligon, R-Brunswick, released independent study results Aug. 5 that showed the previous Georgia Performance Standards were more rigorous and detailed than Common Core.“This is a study that’s not just pulled out of the air,” said Gainesville Superintendent Merrianne Dyer. “(These are) reputable people that have done the study. I would think we would welcome a study like that to be done.”The studies were independently conducted by Mary Kay Bacallao, a mathematics professor at Mercer University’s Tift College, and Sandra Stotsky, the professor emerita of education reform at the University of Arkansas. Stotsky is also a former member of the Common Core Validation Committee.Dyer pointed out that there are studies that show the other side of the
