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…Stotsky. (2006). Who should be accountable for what beginning teachers need to know? Journal of Teacher Education, 57 (3): 256-258. Sandra Stotsky. (1996). Problems in qualitative manuscripts submitted to Research…
Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas, former Senior Associate Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education, describes some of the problems with the quality of the Common Core…
What could states do once implementation of Common Core’s standards is halted? Most states are unlikely to want to return to the standards they once had, mainly because their boards…
In How Common Core’s ELA Standards Place College Readiness at Risk (Pioneer Institute White Paper No. 89, September 2012), Mark Bauerlein and I explain why teachers and superintendents believe that…
…from 1999 to 2003 and served on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education from 2006 to 2010. [display-posts category=”sandra-stotsky” posts_per_page=”5″ include_content=”true” author=”sstotsky” wrapper=”div”] ‘ROCK THE SCHOOLHOUSE’ BLOG ARCHIVE……
The many flaws in Common Core’s standards are finally beginning to be discussed in state after state, especially the damaging expectation that all American high school students should be prepared…
…Sandy Stotsky, one of the nation’s top experts on academic standards, authored our research, Race to the Middle?, chronicling the numerous weaknesses in previous drafts of the common core standards…
One of the sales pitches for Common Core’s English language arts standards is that a heavy diet of informational reading in the English class will increase “critical” or analytical thinking….
One of the most puzzling phenomena in recent years is the unquestioned acceptance by seemingly rational people of the many claims made by the proponents of Common Core’s standards. The…
Two of the many bizarre ideas that the “chief architect” of Common Core’s English language arts standards has mandated in our “national standards” or told teachers outright are the notion…
There isn’t just one fatal flaw in Common Core’s English language arts standards: its arbitrary division of reading standards into two groups: 10 standards for “informational” text and 9 for…
Common Core’s egalitarian tentacles are now slithering towards high school diploma requirements. In states that respond to a current prod to “align” their high school graduation requirements in mathematics with…
The notion that Common Core’s college and career readiness standards are “rigorous” needs to be publicly put to bed by Arne Duncan, his erstwhile friends at the Fordham Institute, and…
In the original version of David Steiner’s talk on the meaning of the drop in test scores in New York State, he says: “The truth we are now trying to…
The New York Times is suffering from a split personality about what the quality of public education should be. It claims it likes rigor. At the same time, it supports…
In October, members of the New Hampshire legislature heard Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy, tell them more fibs than Pinocchio ever dreamed up….
Unless high school students can prepare for a calculus course in grade 12 or as college freshmen, they are unlikely to become science, engineering, or mathematics majors. Common Core doesn’t…
It’s odd to observe just how oblivious the media have been to the chaotic roll-out of Common Core (what some are already calling ObamaCore) and the disturbing parallels with the…
What makes one set of English language arts standards more rigorous than another set? How can reporters or policy makers tell? What makes Tom Luna of Idaho or Kathleen Porter…
…“How Common Core’s ELA Standards Place College Readiness at Risk,” by Mark Bauerlein and Sandra Stotsky.) https://pioneerinstitute.org/download/how-common-cores-ela-standards-place-college-readiness-at-risk/ Focus on offering students books at their reading level, known as “just right”…
…no longer embarrasses itself by using invalid tests based on invalid K-12 standards written by charlatans.* *Sandra Stotsky. “An Invalid Validation of the Common Core Standards” (pp. 55-72) and “How…
…this country eager for students who can do high school-level reading and mathematics. Sandra Stotsky was Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education in 1999-2003 and responsible for…
…knowledge needed for professional practice. “There are two major reasons for licensure tests,” said Sandra Stotsky, author of “How to Address Common Core’s Reading Standards: Licensure Tests for K-6 Teachers.”…
…and Science Academy Charter School in Marlborough. He holds a Ph.D. in American history and assisted co-author Sandra Stotsky in developing Massachusetts history and social science curriculum frameworks. Sandra Stotsky…
…education institutions to do an analysis of Common Core’s definition of college readiness,” Stotsky said. Professors Milgram and Stotsky were members of Common Core’s validation committee, which was charged with…
