Reports Show Small Gains After Common Core

Recent studies have shown that there might be slight improvement in student test scores as a result of implementing the Common Core Standards, but, in reality, it’s too soon to tell. Allie Bidwell, a reporter for US News and World Report, has written an article titled “Reports Show Small Gains After Common Core” that documents […]

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The Common Core – and Those Inconvenient Truths

Anne Kim writes an excellent article in the March 4 edition of the Detroit News about how the Common Core seems to be prevailing – that, as she states, “facts prevail when it comes to Common Core standards.” There is no question that opponents of the Common Core standards have been successful in making the […]

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No Ducking the Common Core – Or Similar Standards

The current issue of Education Week has a good article worth reading and reflecting upon. It concerns the Common Core Standards and the opposition in some states to those standards. There are three problems associated with the Common Core Standards: Teaching to the Common Core is difficult; Assessing mastery of the Common Core is difficult; […]

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