Common Core tests succeeding in labeling children as failures
“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.” – Franz Kafka, The Trail (1925)
Or are we the stupid ones for letting the “education reformers” get away with undermining our children, their teachers and our public schools.
While Connecticut parents and teachers continue to wait for the Malloy administration to release the results of the 2015 Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, updates from other states around the nation are pour in.
The message is clear and consistent…
The Common Core tests were designed to fail the vast majority of students and the vast majority of students are failing.
The corporate education reform industry and their lackeys are yelping with glee as the pontificate about how bad our schools, our teachers and our children are doing – but their claims are nothing short of a lie.
Perhaps they believe that parents don’t know the underlying truth about the Common Core testing scam, but the harsh reality is that when you test children on subjects that they have not learned, they don’t pass.
And not only are the Common Core tests unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory, but to make matters a thousand times worse, thanks to Dannel Malloy’s “reform” initiatives, Connecticut will be using the outrageous test results to not only label children as failures, but to punish public school teachers.
According to published reports from Pennsylvania, that state’s Common Core testing scheme has translated into a nearly 80 percent drop in proficiency rates among some groups of students.
According to the Times-Tribune newspaper, in Old Forge, Pennsylvania;
“Only 13 percent of students in eighth grade scored at proficient or advancedCommon Core tests succeeding in labeling children as failures - Wait What?:
