In 2009, a group known as Governors’ Association, convened to work on developing the Common Core. As of July 2010, 42 states including North Carolina, adopted the Common Core, and since then there has been quite if has been beneficial or not for our education system. The Common Core State Standards were written in order to put forward consistent learning goals regardless of where the student lives. To put in simple terms have each student on the same level as the next student. However, for some states, the Common Core Standards are much more rigorous than the previous expectations. The Common Core Standards are vague and broad. According to Stan Karp, the editor of Rethinkingschools.org, “The problem is that, in some states, Common Core
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Most of the assessments will be online. This will create many districts’ issues in that they will not have enough computers for all students to be assessed in a timely manner. For the most part the schools send the test off to be graded, this is another cost that the school uses that could essentially be used for other things such as textbooks, PE equipment and art supplies. The solution would be that since the core has been implemented now for five years, there should be equipment available to the keep up with what is expected from the schools as far as technology goes. How this cost is should be covered it for instance, NC has the “education Lottery”, the money gained from the lottery should be used to help cover the …show more content…
Many veteran teachers will retire rather than adjust the way they teach. The stress of getting their students to perform will likely cause more teacher and administrator burnout. Why this is happening is because of the constant testing and assessment. Teacher’s main complaint, is t that test prep and test-taking eat away weeks of class time that would be better focused on learning. Here is the bottom line: There is no evidence that the Common Core standards and their tests will improve student learning. Hayden smith, freedomworks.org, stated “Too much testing can rob school buildings of joy and cause unnecessary stress” (Smith). How this can be resolved would to be go back to where testing was done in the beginning of the year, the middle and at the end to see if a student has mastered the material that has been
Most of the assessments will be online. This will create many districts’ issues in that they will not have enough computers for all students to be assessed in a timely manner. For the most part the schools send the test off to be graded, this is another cost that the school uses that could essentially be used for other things such as textbooks, PE equipment and art supplies. The solution would be that since the core has been implemented now for five years, there should be equipment available to the keep up with what is expected from the schools as far as technology goes. How this cost is should be covered it for instance, NC has the “education Lottery”, the money gained from the lottery should be used to help cover the …show more content…
Many veteran teachers will retire rather than adjust the way they teach. The stress of getting their students to perform will likely cause more teacher and administrator burnout. Why this is happening is because of the constant testing and assessment. Teacher’s main complaint, is t that test prep and test-taking eat away weeks of class time that would be better focused on learning. Here is the bottom line: There is no evidence that the Common Core standards and their tests will improve student learning. Hayden smith, freedomworks.org, stated “Too much testing can rob school buildings of joy and cause unnecessary stress” (Smith). How this can be resolved would to be go back to where testing was done in the beginning of the year, the middle and at the end to see if a student has mastered the material that has been