Posted on 08/29/2015 6:59:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing.
Full or preliminary scores have been released for Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. They all participated in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two groups of states awarded $330 million by the U.S. Department of Education in 2010 to develop exams to test students on the Common Core state standards in math and English language arts.
Scores in four other states that developed their own exams tied to the standards have been released. The second testing group, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, is still setting benchmarks for each performance level and has not released any results.
Even when all the results are available, it will not be possible to compare student performance across a majority of states, one of Common Core’s fundamental goals. …
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There is only one goal for Common Core — to destroy the last vestiges of local control over K-12
Communist core is to brainwash the next generation. Pretty simple really. Return ALL education to the local community— like Trump wants.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3330525/posts?page=6#6
School based mental health counseling – basically your re-education camp (expanded to the community because of HUD) using behavioral modification techniques.
On you tube
37:57 Minutes
Anita Hoge on the Women On The Wall Conference Call- How Data will Control your Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIDOLc4ZMl8
House and Senate bills have passed and it is in committee. We would have one opportunity to stop this.
This article is aimed at 2nd amendment rights, but gives much of the info that is in the audio.
How new rules for HUD are involved
How Obama’s race database is involved
How making every school all TITLE ONE (at risk students) allows them to use MEDICAID funds. In fact in the audio she mentions Obamacare funds will be used.
How all students will need an IEP to be able to attain common core outcome based objectives.
ALL children (starting with babies) will have a psychological diagnosis code behind their names. Remember, there is no code for normal!
Why the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America (and all Americans) Should Fight the Reauthorization of ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act)
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/08/why-the-national-rifle-association-and-gun-owners-of-america-and-all-americans-should-fight-the-reauthorization-of-esea-elementary-and-secondary-education-act/
Also a good article
Common Core is Menticide - Common Core Math Precludes Brain Development
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/06/common-core-is-menticide-common-core-math-precludes-brain-development/
Just like Obamacare, actual results and costs don’t matter.
The proponents will still have their slogans, and the goal is simply Federal control.
My 2 1/2 yo granddaughter can do addition and subtraction up to 20 using pennies, grapes and buttons. It’s a favorite game with grandpa. We are through the alphabet and spelling words she is interested in. It’s the same approach my mother used with me and my wife used with our daughter. Kids are sponges if approached properly. She has fun being right and learning new things. It’s really not all that complicated.
“Kids are sponges if approached properly. She has fun being right and learning new things. It’s really not all that complicated.”
Careful, teaching kids like that puts them at a “super unfair advantage”, check your privilege, you may find yourself sent to a far away place for a little re-edumacation
Just say no to common core.
very nice post. Communist core must go.
Let’s give more money to education and cut the military.
Effing ass democraps.
Analogous to Obama, CC is actually succeeding when it appears superficially to be failing.
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