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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Ouch. These Common Core Meetings Didn't Go So Well for School District Officials

Missouri Education Watchdog: Ouch. These Common Core Meetings Didn't Go So Well for School District Officials:


Ouch. These Common Core Meetings Didn't Go So Well for School District Officials

Concerns about the Common Core adoption and implementation keep surfacing about the lack of transparency in the process and the lack of any pilot studies providing research based documentation of CCSS proponent claims.  Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent by the states who must adhere to the mandates drawn up by the two private trade organizations, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chief Council of State School Officers (CCSSO) without any direct evidence these standards, assessments, change in curricula and computer infrastructure will deliver what these organizations have promised if adopted and completed.

Utah will spend an enormous amount with its new testing system and the state had some meetings explaining the new system and Common Core to taxpayers.  District officials didn't seem to be very successful in