NEPC slams Common Core-NAEP Report as “feeble” attempt to claim success
In a title that is too good not to share, National Education Policy Center (NEPC) slams a recent report by Center for American Progress (CAP) that attempted to say Common Core has been a huge success for low-income students, based on NAEP test results. NEPC’s review is entitled:Center for American Progress Report Makes Feeble Effort to Claim Success for Standards-Based Reform, and we have included an excerpt of their review below. However, before you read the NEPC review, we feel you should know a little about Center for American Progress, and who funds them.
Center for American Progress Funders
Some open government groups, such as the Sunlight Foundation and the Campaign Legal Center, criticize the Center’s failure to disclose its contributors.
Some open government groups, such as the Sunlight Foundation and the Campaign Legal Center, criticize the Center’s failure to disclose its contributors.
- In December 2013, the organization released a list of its corporate donors, which include Walmart, CitiGroup, Wells Fargo, defense contractor Northrup Grumman, America’s Health Insurance Plans, and Eli Lilly and Company.
- In 2015, CAP released a partial list of its donors, which included 28 anonymous donors accounting for at least $5 million in contributions. Named donors included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, which each gave between $500,000 and $999,999. CAP’s top donors include Walmart and Citigroup, each of which have given between $100,000 and $499,000.-Wiki
Excerpt from CAP Report
“…. some states do a far better job of educating low-income students than others. The Center for American Progress wanted to better understand the role of standards-based reform in promoting student outcomes, and to that end, we studied the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP data. Given previous research, we believed that we might find a strong connection NEPC slams Common Core-NAEP Report as “feeble” attempt to claim success – Missouri Education Watchdog:
