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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. In 2010, the Commonwealth ditched English and math standards that were a model for other states in favor of weaker national standards known as the Common Core.

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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

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Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. Students can track correct responses allowing it to be used as an assessment if desired. BarGraph Sorter. Caesar Cipher.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. However, just like any other profession the amount of bad educators pales in comparison to those who go above and beyond to help kids learn. For all the hoopla, PARCC has told us nothing we didn't already know from previous assessments.

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How Can a Student Be ‘Proficient’ in One State But Not Another? Here Are the Graphs

Edsurge

NCES has been administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam since 1969. They then estimated NAEP equivalent scores for the exams and mapped the outcomes onto a graph depicting how their proficiency levels measured in comparison. Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto the NAEP Scale, Source: U.S.

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Let Students Learn From Failure

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Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. Anecdotally assess their daily efforts and let that count as much as a summative exam that judges a point in time. The Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice is a good starting point. Assess grit. What’s the Mulligan Rule? Any golfers?

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The U.S. has more memorizers

Dangerously Irrelevant

” The Common Core standards are supposed to be about bigger ideas and fewer of them? Why meaningful math problems are defined out of online assessments. .” Bad teaching on YouTube = “revolution.” Math lacks a fundamental narrative.

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How Should Learning Be Assessed?

MindShift

Some parents and educators have encouraged families to “opt out” of tests , such as those related to the Common Core State Standards, as a way to protest these practices and the effects they are having on children , families and communities. More helpful still are explicit written assessments that describe an individual’s progress.