Mushmouth
05-10-2018, 06:34 AM
A teacher who wrote much of the controversial Common Core State Standards informed a shocked audience that he was motivated to do so because he wanted to end “White privilege.”
http://toprightnews.com/teacher-stuns-audience-when-he-reveals-why-he-helped-write-the-common-core-education-standard-video/
African-American and Hispanic students on average had significantly higher scores on the NAEP tests in 2011 and 2013 in both Reading and Mathematics when their classroom teachers taught chiefly to the state’s own pre-Common Core standards. They had significantly lower scores in 2015 and 2017 in both subjects when their classroom teachers taught chiefly to the state’s Common Core-aligned standards
The gaps between “disadvantaged” students and other students have increased. For example, in Massachusetts the spread between African-Americans and Hispanics on one end and Asian-Americans on the other widened from 2011 to 2017. In 2011, 61 percent of Asians and Pacific Islanders were at or above proficient in Reading and 72 percent were at or above proficient in Mathematics. In 2017, 64 percent were at or above proficient in Reading and 73 percent were in Mathematics. So as Asian-Americans’ scores went up, African-Americans’ and Hispanics’ scores went down.
Common Core-aligned standards and tests seem to have negatively affected the low-performing groups in Massachusetts. And that seems predictable, given the lower standards of Common Core.
http://newbostonpost.com/2018/05/09/is-common-core-racist-check-out-the-results/
http://toprightnews.com/teacher-stuns-audience-when-he-reveals-why-he-helped-write-the-common-core-education-standard-video/
African-American and Hispanic students on average had significantly higher scores on the NAEP tests in 2011 and 2013 in both Reading and Mathematics when their classroom teachers taught chiefly to the state’s own pre-Common Core standards. They had significantly lower scores in 2015 and 2017 in both subjects when their classroom teachers taught chiefly to the state’s Common Core-aligned standards
The gaps between “disadvantaged” students and other students have increased. For example, in Massachusetts the spread between African-Americans and Hispanics on one end and Asian-Americans on the other widened from 2011 to 2017. In 2011, 61 percent of Asians and Pacific Islanders were at or above proficient in Reading and 72 percent were at or above proficient in Mathematics. In 2017, 64 percent were at or above proficient in Reading and 73 percent were in Mathematics. So as Asian-Americans’ scores went up, African-Americans’ and Hispanics’ scores went down.
Common Core-aligned standards and tests seem to have negatively affected the low-performing groups in Massachusetts. And that seems predictable, given the lower standards of Common Core.
http://newbostonpost.com/2018/05/09/is-common-core-racist-check-out-the-results/