Common Core Benefits

Protests have manifested around the nation. “Stop Common Core” signs surround American schools. Thousands of students opt out of state tests. Political candidates gain support for trashing Common Core. These indicators reveal the obvious hate of the new high level standards Common Core places on students. Although common core is often viewed as detrimental by both students and teachers alike, common core is actually beneficial on the whole and effectively ameliorates students’ learning experience. The most important consequence of common core is the high standards they set. These high standards urge students to live up to higher expectations, so in turn students work harder to understand difficult concepts. For example, one of the six standards …show more content…
Each state and school now has more fair and balanced educational equality. Before a uniform education system was established, many states did not have the same quality education as some more populous and wealthy states. For example, WalletHub compared the quality of education in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia by analyzing 13 key metrics that range from student-teacher ratios to standardized-test scores to dropout rates, and concluded that Colorado had the highest “School-System Quality” Rank while Nevada ranked 50th in the same list (Bernardo 1). Even various areas within a single state had substantial differences in education quality. With common core however, all states who implement the program have the same high standards (Myths vs. Facts) Although states continue have differences in their education quality, they all (all who adopt Common Core) have the same educational goals they must reach which encourages them to improve their schools’ education quality. This is also extremely advantageous to students who move frequently because they will be on the same level as their grade level no matter what state they move to. Even though opponents argue that this lowers the standards of many schools, that argument is flawed because there was an “explicit agreement that no state would lower its standards” and “the standards were informed by the best in the country” (Myths vs. Facts). …show more content…
Both parents and teachers complain about the long hours of rigorous standardized tests their children have to take, but they do not realize the necessity and advantages of these tests.“Mindy Kornhaber, a professor at Pennsylvania State University who has been studying standards-based reforms for 20 years and the Common Core’s implementation, funding, and”media portrayal since 2011, says that standards and testing “go hand in hand… It makes little conceptual sense to let one off the hook and hang the other- they are just two sides of the same coin” (Walton). Without testing, there is no way to see if students are reaching the national standards. Even if states set Common Core standards but do not use the specific Common Core tests, it has little value because tests that are different among states do not show results relative to the nation as a whole, so the entire idea of Common Core reform itself would be diminished. Not only are these tests necessary, but they also will actually benefit students and parents because they help them understand how effective the instruction being provided is and inform them about how work much is required to get students to college and career readiness. It is better to know whether they are on an adequate national level in seventh grade rather than in their first year of college when they take placement exams that they are not prepared for. One misconception about