Category Archives: Common Core

My Letter To The NC Common Core Commission

Posted on December 18, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

At the beginning of December, I wrote to the Common Core Academic Standards Review Commission. I wrote a separate note asking about their funding being granted, which is included in the response I received and of which I have published … Continue reading →

The Common Core Weekend Reads – 12-14-14

Posted on December 14, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for December 7, 2014.

This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina.

Articles are organized by category.

Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 12-7-14
Weekend Reads archive at StopCommonCoreNC HERE.

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NC Governor’s Video Has Your Spit-take Of The Week

Posted on December 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Governor McCrory is clearly getting on the campaign horse as evidenced by this touchy-feely video on education. Near the end of the video, McCrory makes the following statement:

“The biggest piece of feedback that I hear from teachers is, ‘they’re not letting us teach anymore. We’re just giving tests.’. We’re gonna.. we’re gonna end this duplication of testing. Which neither helps the students nor allows the teacher to teach.”

Yeah.. right.

The Opt Out or iRefuse movement is starting in North Carolina. To me, this seems like a move to get out in front of the protests and make it look like a parade instead.

Parents, check out the testing calendar for North Carolina.
I live in Wake County, so here is that calendar. Mind you, I’ve already written about the 95 some-odd assessments and tests given to third graders in our county. See the bottom half of this article for more on those 95 assessments.

So, if testing is allegedly going to be whittled down, then why is North Carolina still a member of the Common Core high stakes testing consortium known as the SBAC?

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Common Core Aligned: Front Row Education

Posted on December 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

“…to create just these kinds of tests—next-generation assessments aligned to the common core. When the tests are aligned to the common standards, the curriculum will line up as well—and that will unleash powerful market forces in the service of better … Continue reading →

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A Common Core Informational Text Candidate

Posted on December 11, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This Argus Leader article could potentially be used as a Common Core informational text candidate. Consider it is a ‘credible source’ and as such, acceptable to use in a classroom under Common Core.

In the Argus Leader article, reporter named Patrick Anderson asks a teacher a question or two. Some parents are also questioned. Parents, pay attention to the question first asked in this “informational text” candidate at the Argus Leader:

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