Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Schools Matter: Cigarettes : Nicotine :: Common Core Standards : High-Stakes Testing

Schools Matter: Cigarettes : Nicotine :: Common Core Standards : High-Stakes Testing:


Cigarettes : Nicotine :: Common Core Standards : High-Stakes Testing

Posted at CommonDreams.org:


Addiction to High Stakes Testing is Killing US Education

Diane Ravitch, for whom I have a great deal of respect for leading the charge against the Billionaire Boys’ Club in recent years, has written on her blog that she is agnostic on the national curriculum standards project known as the Common Core.  Ravitch reasons that
I have neither endorsed nor rejected the Common Core national standards, for one simple reason: They are being rolled out in 45 states without a field trial anywhere. How can I say that I love them or like them or hate them when I don’t know how they will work when they reach the nation’s classrooms?
Since it is common knowledge that Diane is a former Trustee of the Common Core organization, we