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Indiana’s Assessment Woes

October 12, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette highlights in a recent editorial the testing woes that Indiana currently faces that include a problem with the new vendor.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: American Institutes for Research, Data Recognition Corporation, Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette, indiana, Indiana Department of Education, Smarter Balanced

Indiana Talk Show Host Greg Garrison Blasts Common Core

March 10, 2014 By Erin Tuttle

Greg Garrison was on fire during his Friday radio show on WIBC, blasting the Common Core as a federal intrusion. In his usual, colorful style he said the standards ”stunk to high heavens of federal intervention, with the kookiest people in the world making the plans.” He took the time to read a piece by […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Greg Garrison, Indiana Department of Education, Mike Pence, Terrance Moore

Comparing Indiana's "New" K-12 Math Standards with Common Core

March 8, 2014 By Erin Tuttle

Hoosiers Against Common Core has released the side by side comparison of the new Indiana math standards to the Indiana 2009 standards and the Common Core. (LINK PROVIDED AT BOTTOM OF POST) The comparison was performed by Ze’ev Wurman who served on the highly acclaimed California mathematics standards committee and is a former Us Department […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Hoosiers Against Common Core, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana K-12 Draft Standards

Indiana Pulling Away From PARCC

June 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Indiana is reducing its participation with PARCC. State Impact Indiana reports: As a governing state in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, Indiana gets a seat at the table. But no one from the Department of Education has attended a PARCC governing board meeting since Superintendent Glenda Ritz took office in […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Glenda Ritz, HB 1427, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Legislature, PARCC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, State Impact Indiana

Indiana’s Common Core Pause Law Isn’t Complex

June 19, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

State Impact Indiana reports that there was a push for 2nd Graders to be under the Common Core State Standards since they were rolled out for Kindergarten and First grade last year. This is even after the Common Core pause bill was passed and signed into law. Elle Moxley writes: After state lawmakers passed a […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Pause, Elle Moxley, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Legislature, Mike Pence, State Impact Indiana

Pending Amendment to Indiana SB 193 Requires Public Input on Common Core

February 5, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Joy Pullman writing for the Heartland Institute’s School Reform News reported that Senate Bill 193 in Indiana has “morphed” into a bipartisan bid to have Indiana reconsider the Common Core allowing more public input. When 46 states signed the initiative in 2010, few held public hearings. Kentucky even agreed to adopt the requirements for what […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Dennis Krause, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana State Board of Edcuation, Joy Pullman, Scott Schneider. Glenda Ritz, Senate Bill 193

Glenda Ritz’ Opposition to Common Core Highlighted

December 26, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Since Glenda Ritz is now the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction-Elect she’ll need to be reminded of what she wrote prior to her election on November 7th.  This is one of the primary reasons Tony Bennett lost. Erin Tuttle at Hoosiers Against Common Core highlighted her position statement: Common Core Standards must be re-evaluated.Indiana had […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education, local control in education, PARCC, SBAC, Tony Bennett

Indiana Education Chief Admits Obama Hijacked Common Core

July 22, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Tony Bennett, the Indiana Superintendent of Public Education, was cornered at a Tea Party gathering in Indiana last week.  Russ Pulliam, blogging at the Indianapolis Star gives an account of the exchange: Bennett is usually locked in debates with advocates for traditional approaches to public education. But this argument was different. Bennett played defense on […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Barack Obama, Indiana Department of Education, Mike Fair, Nikki Haley, Tea Party in Indiana, Tony Bennett

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