Common Core Testing: Who's The Real "Liar"?
By way of Peter Greene, it looks like our SecEd is back on his crusade against all that awful "lying" going on in our schools:
- See more at: http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2015/09/common-core-testing-whos-real-liar.html#sthash.FVByxb5a.dpufU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Pennsylvania won’t be alone in seeing lower standardized test scores after aligning its tests with core standards, and that the lower scores don’t mean students aren’t smart.Test scores across the country are expected to be lower as they are released in the coming weeks because standards have been raised on the tests that are based on the Common Core. In Pennsylvania, the tests are aligned with Pennsylvania Core.“Obviously, students aren’t going to be less smart than they were six months ago or a year ago,” Mr. Duncan said. “In far too many states, including Pennsylvania, politicians dummied down standards to make themselves look good.”Mr. Duncan made his comments during a visit to Carnegie Mellon University, which was the final stop on his seven state, 10-stop tour titled “Ready for Success.”The secretary said children and parents “were lied to and told they were on the track to be successful” when they weren’t. He called that
