Pradeep Manivannan
Citizenship in the Nation Requirement 8
The United States, a global superpower ranks fourteenth in the world in education. With many schools falling behind in standards while others which are globally competitive, this resulted in the development of the Common Core Standards by the National Governors Association in 2009. Common Core’s vision was to raise the educational standard in math and literacy, by targeting underperforming schools and reforming their standards to improve critical thinking, problem-solving and preparing students for college, career and life. Although the vision is correct in advancing the education of America’s youth, the standards and implementation of the plan not only stray from the goals, but are also harming the student’s education. While countries such as Singapore, China and Finland excel in math, Common Core has weakened the current math standard. In each of these countries including the US, first graders learn addition and subtraction. Singapore has developed their renowned “Singapore Math” program where teachers teach to the students potential while still covering the same standards. High performing students may be given tougher problems which require more thinking to them and lower performing students are still given the same standards but …show more content…
As a reaction to the new introduction of these tests, teachers are forced to “teach to the test” meaning that they are to follow a strict path of the types of questions which can be asked on the test. This does not allow for a student to critically think about different types of questions. Teachers are also assessed by these standardized test. Common Core ranks a teacher ability to teach students based on test. If a student does not perform well on these test the teacher is deemed as less effective. This system incentivizes teachers to teach according to the tests while students will not receive a proper
Citizenship in the Nation Requirement 8
The United States, a global superpower ranks fourteenth in the world in education. With many schools falling behind in standards while others which are globally competitive, this resulted in the development of the Common Core Standards by the National Governors Association in 2009. Common Core’s vision was to raise the educational standard in math and literacy, by targeting underperforming schools and reforming their standards to improve critical thinking, problem-solving and preparing students for college, career and life. Although the vision is correct in advancing the education of America’s youth, the standards and implementation of the plan not only stray from the goals, but are also harming the student’s education. While countries such as Singapore, China and Finland excel in math, Common Core has weakened the current math standard. In each of these countries including the US, first graders learn addition and subtraction. Singapore has developed their renowned “Singapore Math” program where teachers teach to the students potential while still covering the same standards. High performing students may be given tougher problems which require more thinking to them and lower performing students are still given the same standards but …show more content…
As a reaction to the new introduction of these tests, teachers are forced to “teach to the test” meaning that they are to follow a strict path of the types of questions which can be asked on the test. This does not allow for a student to critically think about different types of questions. Teachers are also assessed by these standardized test. Common Core ranks a teacher ability to teach students based on test. If a student does not perform well on these test the teacher is deemed as less effective. This system incentivizes teachers to teach according to the tests while students will not receive a proper