Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Innovative Educator: Common Core State Standards - The precursor to testing the crap out of kids

The Innovative Educator: Common Core State Standards - The precursor to testing the crap out of kids:


Common Core State Standards - The precursor to testing the crap out of kids


Educators are becoming more and more familiar with and learning about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) What they might not realize that CCSS is really code for constantly testing the crap out of kids. As a result those who designed them publishers and politicians reap the rewards. The politicians have pretty charts and numbers they can use as talking points and publishers like Pearson rake in enormous profits

Meanwhile these same politicians and publishers have been yapping about how the new standards and assessments will be so much different and better.