The Common Core State Standards or CCSS were never field tested nor were they written by educators. See here and here. They are tied to high stakes tests that will be used to evaluate teachers which is very unreliable. See here. They emphasize non-fiction reading material and math concepts that already show they are especially inappropriate at the lower grades. You don't make kids smarter just by making school harder.
But, the Standards are under the control of the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. These are private, not public bodies. The tests are based on the Standards. If the Standards don't work they will need to be changed. But, changing the Standards will necessitate changing the tests. Therefore, nothing will change, hence the Big Crash.
Parents are objecting to their children being labeled failures. Student learning will not improve and their experience of school will suffer. Teachers are objecting to being evaluated using unreliable measures. Reports indicate there is a disconnect between the Standards and the tests! See here.
Many states are seeing that they have been sold a bill of goods and Common Core is failing out of the gate. See here.
The education reform monster was developed inappropriately, rolled out prematurely and adopted illegitimately (for Race to the Top eligibility). It is failing already. The BIG CRASH is coming.
What to do?
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