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’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 Democrats Put Politics Before Kids, Skip Common Core Vote
I can’t believe I missed this news last week. It needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Members of the Indiana legislative study committee formed by the pause legislation passed last session voted 6 to 1 in favor of replacing the Common Core… a twist though since all Democrat members minus one decided not to […]
Pence Pulls Indiana Out of PARCC
There were indications that this might happen, and now it’s official. Indiana is withdrawing from PARCC by order of Governor Mike Pence, it just needs to be followed-up by a letter from Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz. Here is a press release sent out this morning: Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today issued a […]
Indiana Legislature Playing Monday Morning Quarterback?
The Times of Northwest Indiana wrote an editorial Sunday opining that the Common Core State Standards not be set aside even though the implementation was paused. Indiana has reset the clock on joining the Common Core Standards initiative, with the Legislature overruling the State Board of Education and delaying implementation by at least one year […]
Indiana Governor Mike Pence Signs Common Core Pause Legislation
Today Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Common Core pause legislation that requires the Indiana State Board of Education to hold three public hearings on the Common Core State Standards and have a fiscal impact study completed by 2014. “I have long believed that education is a state and local function and we must always […]