Matthew Ladner brings up Kentucky as an example that the Common Core State Standards are working. Kentucky was one of the first states to implement them. He said that the Kentucky exams were far more lax than that of the NAEP assessments, and after the Common Core they were brought closer into line saying that […]
Ladner’s False Choice
Matthew Ladner wrote a guest post at Jay P. Greene’s blog today that lays out a false choice either support the Common Core State Standards or support status quo where in some states their standards were a joke. He wrote about his experience in Arizona when he was asked to oppose Arizona’s adoption of the […]
In Defense of the FCAT
I’ve been pretty critical of Florida’s high stakes testing. Matthew Ladner wrote a guest op/ed for the Ocala Star-Banner defending the FCAT and in it he makes some good points that FCAT opponents should consider Laudner is the senior adviser for policy and research at the Foundation for Excellence in Education. He wrote: A recent problem […]