tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post8842714459033995533..comments2024-03-08T00:21:56.482-08:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: An Interesting Common Core ExchangeCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-38664701218230608102014-04-10T08:22:38.836-07:002014-04-10T08:22:38.836-07:00Just a slight correction on the name of the young ...Just a slight correction on the name of the young lady, she spells her name "Garet Fryar" (I saw it on AYPF's staff page). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-58141767436296625032013-11-02T20:16:32.235-07:002013-11-02T20:16:32.235-07:00Definitely seeing it as a ceiling locally. I suspe...Definitely seeing it as a ceiling locally. I suspect it will be as much everywhere.<br /><br />Think about it from an administration's POV (ie. principals, superintendents, & school board, and even teachers since they are at the bottom of, and answer to, that chain of command), they are paid based on the percent of students <i>passing</i> the test. Definitely among public schools, there's no benefit for running up the score on your high performers. In fact, you'll quite likely be dinged for exacerbating "the gap." Well, as with most things in life, you get what you pay for.Portlandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-66229260611477838592013-11-01T15:43:35.663-07:002013-11-01T15:43:35.663-07:00Oh no, I don't mind at all! Thank you, Cather...Oh no, I don't mind at all! Thank you, Catherine!!<br /><br />I agree with Crimson Wife too! "CC should be a floor rather than a ceiling." And amazingly CC supporters make exactly that claim!<br /><br />It's apparent in the memorandum of agreement (with the 85% issue) that was not the intention, as it really couldn't have been with the assessments coming down on us now. <br /><br />Most suspected, from the get-go, that CC tests would replace state and/or local testing, and that they would only test the common 85%. As a result, the "floor" has been raised to the ceiling.<br /><br />Our MO state statutes clearly state that local school boards MAY use state developed standards as a guide...not as the end all, be all. There are probably similar statutes (that are being ignored) in many states. <br /> concernedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374789062880735051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-18483252331804832552013-11-01T10:26:22.262-07:002013-11-01T10:26:22.262-07:00MA has some of the better schools in the country- ...MA has some of the better schools in the country- why on earth would they want to dumb them down just because they go beyond CC? CC should be a floor rather than a ceiling. If I were in charge of implementing CC in the MA schools, the only thing I would do would be to add the stuff that is in CC but not already in the MA state standards. I would not drop anything. Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-59780189167863122512013-10-31T18:56:33.344-07:002013-10-31T18:56:33.344-07:00Lisa - I changed the formatting on your post to ma...Lisa - I changed the formatting on your post to make it easier to read (hope you don't mind).<br /><br />Great post ---- Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.com