Committee holds first
investigative hearing on Common Core
MacIver Institute – Nick Novak
– 10/3/2013
Evers also pointed out that
recent education reform efforts in this state rely on CCSS to gauge student
progress. Those included the Read to Lead literacy program, DPI's School Report
Cards, and the Educator Effectiveness program that is slated to grade teachers
in coming years. He also reiterated that local school districts would retain
ultimate control over their curricula.
The critics that followed
him quickly rebuffed his support. Julaine Appling, President of Wisconsin
Family Action, gave an hour of testimony voicing her concern over the CCSS. She
said the standards are an outsider's view on what is best for Wisconsin, limiting local control over the
standards as a whole. Appling also expressed concern over the program's data
collection and ability to keep student confidentiality as a priority.
Schroeder, who followed soon after, made it clear that the biggest concern that
the state faces with CCSS is ceding local control over standards and
curriculum.
Members of the select
committees mainly questioned opponents about what the state should do instead.
Many of the educational stakeholders involved in the hearing suggested looking
at the state's past education achievements or developing our own standards, but
few had any specific details with which to replace CCSS.
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