State Superintendent Randy Dorn’s “interpretation” of the Common Core SBAC testing and opting out: Truthiness in education
The Common Core Standards are not “state led.” They are “Gates led.”
What’s in the best interest of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) State Superintendent Randy Dorn has nothing to do with you or your children and here’s why:
Let’s start with the fact that State Superintendent Randy Dorn was appointed to the Board of Directors of a group called the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). CCSSO is a private entity. Even though it sounds like an official governmental agency it is not.
Bill Gates has supplied cash to CCSSO and other private entities to promote the Common Core Standards.
This is how Gates’ money has flowed to CCSSO:
Per the post An Audit of Bill Gates’ Common Core Spending, an excerpt:
It is important to those promoting CCSS that the public believes the idea that CCSS is “state-led.” The CCSS website reports as much and names two organizations as “coordinating” the “state-led” CCSS: The National Governors Association (NGA), and the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Interestingly, the CCSS website makes no mention of CCSS “architect” David Coleman:
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce.
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The four principal organizations associated with CCSS– NGA, CCSSO, Achieve, and Student Achievement Partners– have accepted millions from Bill Gates. In fact, prior to CCSS “completion” in June 2009, Gates had paid millions to NGA, CCSSO, and Achieve. And the millions continued to flow following CCSS completion.
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As for CCSSO: The Gates amounts are even higher than for NGA. Prior to June 2009, the Gates Foundation gave $47.1 million to CCSSO (from 2002 to 2007), with the largest amount focused on data “access” and “data driven decisions” based on test scores:
March 2007
Purpose: to support Phase II of the National Education Data Partnership seeking to State Superintendent Randy Dorn’s “interpretation” of the Common Core SBAC testing and opting out: Truthiness in education | Seattle Education:
Purpose: to support Phase II of the National Education Data Partnership seeking to State Superintendent Randy Dorn’s “interpretation” of the Common Core SBAC testing and opting out: Truthiness in education | Seattle Education:
