by Carol A. Josel | Nov 21, 2014 | Articles
The Common Core Standards, first announced in 2009, were fully implemented in a number of schools last year; nevertheless a September Gallup poll of 532 parents found that 32% had no opinion or had never even heard of them. Other findings included: • 35% of the...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 29, 2013 | Articles
The Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and mathematics are now closer than ever to arriving at a school near you. That’s because 45 states and the District of Columbia have signed on to them—a few even before the standards had been written....
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 25, 2013 | Making Education News
1. More than one million students across the country have participated in a pilot of the math and English/language arts SBAC and PARCC Common Core standardized tests to help prepare teachers for when they really count. 2. The Next Generation Science Standards have...
by Carol A. Josel | Jul 22, 2013 | Quotable Quotes
** “In fact, I think Common Core is going to set education back even further because you’re dictating curriculum, what people are supposed to regurgitate on some kind of an assessment that’s supposed to gauge how well kids have learned the material...
by Carol A. Josel | Sep 14, 2012 | Quotable Quotes
“No Child Left Behind requires tests in math and reading at the end of the school year in grades 3 and 8 and once in high school. The Common Core will test more subjects and in more grade levels, and additional tests given during the school year. There may also...
