Common Core: A Matter of Perspective
Part of the reason there has been such strong disagreement and debate regarding the Common Core is people “see” ed reform and the new Standards very differently, depending on their perspective.
When talking about ed reform with someone you may not agree with, it is very important to pay close attention to the words they use and don’t hesitate to ask for clarification rather than just assume you know what they mean.
For example when teachers express concern and reject the use of standardized test scores to evaluate student achievement and teacher quality, many ed reformers will respond and even the media will report that teachers don’t want to be evaluated or held accountable for their performance.
That would be like a doctor questioning why his patient doesn’t want his temperature taken because he protested when the nurse walked in the examining room with a rectal thermometer.
In both examples a particular method of gathering data was objected to, but it would be wrong to claim that the patient or teachers are opposed to any effort at gathering information to evaluate their health or job performance.
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