Tag Archives: standards

Reading Before Writing

Posted on 8 February, 2022 by Will Fitzhugh

Will Fitzhugh, The Concord Review8 September 2018 The extra-large ubiquitous Literacy Community is under siege from universal dissatisfaction with the Writing skills of both students and graduates, and this is a complaint of very long standing. The Community response is … Continue reading →

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Here’s how Idaho can develop academically strong ELA and Mathematics Standards when it revises its current standards*

Posted on 20 August, 2020 by Sandra Stotsky

By Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas Idaho can develop effective non-Common Core standards for mathematics and English/reading if its Legislature requires the development of K-12 standards in mathematics and in English/reading with the following features and guiding policies: … Continue reading →

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PEISCH SAYS REPEALING COMMON CORE WOULD BE “HUGE MISTAKE”

Posted on 27 April, 2016 by Sandra Stotsky

It seems that some Massachusetts representatives don’t think that parents, teachers, and administrators should be allowed to vote on a secret ballot whether they want to keep Common Core’s inferior standards or return to the state’s superior standards junked by … Continue reading →

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Fordham Institute’s pretend research

Posted on 12 February, 2016 by Richard P Phelps

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has released a report, Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments,[i] ostensibly an evaluative comparison of four testing programs, the Common Core-derived SBAC and PARCC, ACT’s Aspire, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ MCAS.[ii] … Continue reading →

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Trickle Down Academic Elitism

Posted on 31 October, 2015 by Will Fitzhugh

When [mid-20th century] I was in a private school in Northern California, I won a “gold” medal for first place in a track meet of the Private School Conference of Northern California for the high jump [5’6”]—which I thought was … Continue reading →

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