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Smart List: 60 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Maybe the fastest that’s workable. Fastest that’s a hodgepodge = ugh.
Fastest + open licensed seems the logical winner and starting point for much to come.
God help us all.
(NY public school parent.)
No publisher has had the guts to send us review copies.
I am wondering how all of this is going to pan out with the implementation of common core. Some systems are reporting that test scores have fallen drastically and that is a scary thought for Georgia considering we are already in last place with test scores. I was hoping that someone would emerge as the front runner in developing materials. I hope that New York turns out to be the one to imitate instead of shy away from. We will definitely be watching them.
No publisher has had the guts to send us review copies.
Do you use your real name or do you hide behind CCSSI Math as you have insisted on doing?
Some of the things that I like about Common Core are the facts that the end-of-year assessments seem to be more aligned with performance and having students to show their knowledge through a variety of ways. The old assessments seemed to be based on rote memorization of facts and ideas. As educators, we have to shift our thinking to better prepare our students for these exams. The students will have to show more of what they know and how to apply it instead of how much they have memorized.
Our system in Georgia is doing a good job of providing a lot of professional development for the roll out of these common core standards. I am pleased with the training that I have received so far. It’s more like a train-the-trainer program where we have to go back to the local schools and complete the training. I know that there are many school systems that have already completed the roll-out process and I am hearing that the scores for the assessments aren’t where we all had hoped they would be . I hope that this changes for the better as we all get more familiar with this entire process.