Sandra Stotsky on Common Core Assessments
Massachusetts is telling their parents that they can not opt their students out from the PARCC assessments that are being field tested this year. They are treating them the same as MCAS which are considered mandatory under state law.Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who served as a Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education and was later on the Massachusetts State Board of Educa
Gates’ Poor Defense of the Common Core on This Week
Bill Gates went on This Week with George Stephanopoulos to defend the Common Core. Here’s the video below:
Some observations:
- First of all the Common Core’s failure to launch is not because of “confusion.” We are not confused about what it is.
- Secondly we also understand it is not a curriculum, they are very poor standards.
- Third, yes support for the Common Core is bipartisan, so is the opposition. This is a non-partisan issue that advocates like to paint as partisan to deflect criticism.
- Fourth, regarding the federal takeover deflection… It’s disingenuous to take a “nothing to see here” approach. No the Common Core is not federal standards, but they are not state-