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Testing the Tests: Why MCAS Is Better Than PARCC
Study: MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better…
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New Book: “Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for American Education”
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With Common Core Collapsing, New Scholarly Book Informs Debate…
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Why Massachusetts Should Abandon the PARCC Tests & Common Core
It is difficult to find any public analysis and comments by teachers,…
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Is it Time to Rethink State Boards of Education?
Some political officials (Governor Sandoval of Nevada) and self-described…
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Don’t Waste the Crisis over Common Core
The entire Common Core project is rapidly going south, and within…
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Steps for States to Follow to Replace Common Core
To help out governors and state legislatures that really want…
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Common Core’s standards can be replaced by first-rate standards overnight
In a funny story in the Washington Post on December 24, 2014,…
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How to Make Common Core Useful?
What could be done to make the idea of a common core across 50…
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How Colleges Are Dumbing Our Kids Down, Too, and What We Can Do About It
It’s not just Common Core’s standards and the curriculum…
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Those Mathematical Societies That Supposedly Endorsed Common Core’s Standards Didn’t
Stanford University mathematics professor R. James Milgram included…
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Doubling Down on Doublespeak
This past week, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by…
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Study: Common Core ELA Standards Will Further Harm U.S. History Instruction
Study Says Common Core ELA Standards Will Further Harm U.S. History…
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What Wakefield, NH’s School Board Is Doing to Ensure a First-Rate Education for All Its Students
As state legislatures begin to pick up steam in their efforts…
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On Common Core, a Study in Contrasts
In a front-page article in June, the Washington Post featured…
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7 Major Differences between No Child Left Behind and Common Core/Race to the Top
1. Focus of Accountability: Schools or Teachers
Under No Child…
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How to Turn a Sow’s Ear into a Silk Purse
Gates, Duncan, Fordham et al misunderstood from the beginning…
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Legislative Common Core Remedy No Panacea
The next phase of the Great Game to control the minds of the…
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States Should Adopt Stand-Alone Teacher Licensure Test in Reading Linked to Common Core
States Should Adopt Stand-Alone Teacher Licensure Test in Reading…
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Study Finds Poetry Slighted in Common Core English Standards
Significant overall reduction in time spent on classic literary…
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What Reporters Think They Know about Common Core
The public is ill-served by reporters who are no longer skeptical…
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Watch “Building the Machine,” New Common Core Movie
"Building the Machine" is an excellent primer on the fatal deficiencies…
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Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum
These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum's remarks…
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Debunking Common Core Myths
One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…
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Common Core Math’s House of Hay
More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…
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4 Steps to Upgrade Teacher & Administrator Prep Programs (by Sandra Stotsky)
How to Upgrade Teacher and Administrator Preparation Programs
The…
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Celebrating 20 Years of Education Reform in Massachusetts
Birmingham, Weld Oppose MA Adopting Common Core, Call for Lifting…
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20 Years of Education Reform Roundtable Panel Discussion
This video presents the panel discussion from the Pioneer…
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Wanted: Internationally Benchmarked Standards in English, Mathematics, and Science (by Sandra Stotsky)
The many flaws in Common Core’s standards are finally beginning…
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Sandra Stotsky Discusses Common Core
Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas,…