But Wisconsin Legislators don't have answers regarding Common Core for Wisconsin's children - WHY?
10,000 Pages needed to
answer common core questions
The Foundry – Elizabeth Henry
– 8/20/2013
North Carolina Lt. Governor
Dan Forest released a video explaining his opposition to North Carolina’s rush to
adopt the Common Core and lending his support to the State Board of Education’s
decision to review the standards.
Aiding the review process,
he has now sent a letter to the superintendent of the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction (DPI) listing 67 unanswered questions about
the Common Core in North Carolina
to be delivered before the State Board of Education meeting later this month.
Forrest plans to lead a
discussion of the department’s answers at the next Board of Education meeting
on the following concerns about North Carolina’s rush to implement Common Core
as it pertains to:
(1) development of standards
(2) cost
(3) required technology
(4) impact of standards on
student performance
(5) the role of the federal
government
(6) data collection
(7) Race to the Top federal
grant funding
Here are a few of the
questions included in Forest’s letter:
(1) “Who owns the standards? [...] Do we, [the
Board of Education and the Department of Instruction], have the right to revise
the standards to accommodate our Public Schools’ diverse needs? […] Has the
Common Core been validated empirically?”
(2) “What is the
total cost of implementing Common Core state standards (CCSS) and tests for North Carolina? […] What
is the projected cost of implanting and carrying out Common Core state
standards for the next 5, 10, and 15 years?”
(3) “How can we
allow students the flexibility to learn at individualized rates of study, if we
are adopting standards and assessments that require them to learn at the same
rate as the collective whole, as dictated by the benchmarks that will be
assessed? […] David Coleman, President of the College Board, has stated that
the SAT will be redesigned to reflect the CCSS. What will this impact mean
for our non-public school families?”
(4) “When North Carolina applied
for federal Race to the Top grant money, we agreed to adopt the standards
before they were officially published. Why did we agree to standards without
knowing and vetting them first?”
Education decisions should
be in the hands of those closest to the students: parents and local leaders. Forest’s actions are consistent with that principle and
should be considered by other states that have signed on to national standards.
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