During last week’s Twitter rally targeting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Women on the Wall held a conference call that featured a number of guests including former member of the Common Core Math Standards validation committee Dr. James Milgram of Stanford University. I wanted to highlight that section of the call as Women on the Wall […]
What’s Missing in Indiana’s ELA Standards
Below is the report I sent to Governor Pence on April 8, 2014 containing the suggestions of four Indiana high school English teachers and over 20 literary scholars for improving Common Core’s English language arts (ELA) standards (mostly cut-and-pasted into Indiana’s draft #2, which was released on March 14, 2014 by Claire Fiddian-Green, Pence’s education […]
Verdict Is In: The Final Draft of Indiana Proposed Standards Stink
Ok some folks are now weighing in on the final draft of Indiana’s proposed academic standards that was released earlier this week. Dr. Terrence Moore of Hillsdale College needs to let loose and tell us how he really feels about the ELA standards, don’t hold back! No, just kidding, he writes a no-holds-barred review, and […]
The Verdict Is Still Out: Indiana Releases Final Draft of New Standards
Indiana release the final draft of their new proposed academic standards. You can read them here. You can seen national evaluator input into the previous draft here. Evaluators included: Dr. Sandra Stotsky – E/LA Dr. Terrence Moore, Hillsdale College – E/LA Joanne Eresh of Achieve – E/LA Dr. James Milgram of Stanford University – Math […]
Indiana Common Core Repeal Bill Heads to Governor Pence
The Indiana Senate voted 35-13 today to concur with the House version of SB 91, Indiana’s Common Core Repeal bill, so the bill will head to Governor Mike Pence (R-IN). Pence has expressed support for Hoosiers creating their own standards so it is likely he will sign the bill. Chalkbeat Indiana points out that the original […]
Indiana’s Draft Standards: A Scoop of Common Core with Some Junk on Top?
The idea for pausing the Common Core in Indiana and then putting the kibosh on them is that the Hoosier state would actually come away with better standards. Somebody needs to tell that to the review committee working on them. I’ve already written that it looks like the math standards will continue to use fuzzy […]
Indiana to Continue Using Fuzzy Math in New Standards?
Hoosiers can now comment publicly on Indiana’s draft academic standards until March 12, 2014. Instructions and the link to the form can be found here. You can read the standards below: Indiana Academic Standards K-5 Math Indiana Academic Standards 6-8 Math Indiana Academic Standards 9-12 Math Indiana Academic Standards K-5 ELA Indiana Academic Standards 6-12 […]