Joy Pullman writing for the Heartland Institute says that unwritten tests present an obstacle for the Common Core State Standards. Education leaders are beginning to publicly worry that two coalitions attempting to determine mandatory tests for some 40 million U.S. students by 2014 can’t pull their massive enterprise together by deadline or at all. This […]
Technology Requirements for Common Core Assessments Released, But Not Costs
The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) released their technology requirements last week. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) released theirs earlier this month. Both are noticeably quiet on the costs. Here are the five recommendations made by SBAC: Move away from Windows XP (which is currently used by more […]
Glenda Ritz’ Opposition to Common Core Highlighted
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 […]
Textbooks Shot Down in Louisiana
We’ve been warning you the the Common Core was going to drive textbooks and curriculum. Here’s proof. From the EdWeek Blog Curriculum Matters: Louisiana is poised to reject every math and reading textbook submitted by publishers in its most recent adoption cycle, citing concerns that the materials are not fully aligned to the Common Core […]
Will the Common Core Lead to a Common Calendar?
Last night during our Truth in American Education participant conference call somebody had a great question. Will the Common Core with its requisite assessments move states to a common calendar as well? Neither Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) or Partnership of Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) have stated when tests will be […]
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