Some private schools are bringing in common core, too, so that kids are ready for standardized tests.
I discovered this when my fifth grader, who is learning algebra, was confused by the matrix method of multiplying two digit numbers. I’d never heard of it, much less had to explain it.
It appears to bt 3rd world math. Appropriate for the upcoming generations in the fundamentally transformed America.
You CAN exempt your kids from those standardized tests. Just write a note. The school will hate it, but that’s there problem.