Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Susan Ohanian's Testing Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)

Susan Ohanian's Testing Outrages (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out):

We're being steamrolled into one-size-fits-all


NOTE: I am one of six "experts" invited to comment on the Common Core, the only one criticizing the document, at the Learning Matters blog.

Of note is the Learning Matters subtitle: Reporting You Can Trust.

Well, you decide. You might find it interesting to note that the only changes the editors made in my text was criticism of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2 times) and of Achieve (1 time). I have indicated the cuts in red below.

Of course it is coincidental that Learning Matters, Inc. has received hundreds of thousands of