Repeal Common Core State Standards Initiative Act of 2016
Preamble
Whereas, the Common Core State Standards Initiative puts too much emphasis on evaluation through standardized testing, ignoring that test results are not indicative of teaching ability and that different sets of students learn in different ways, at different paces.
This legislation looks to repeal the Common Core State Standards Initiative and replace it with standards that focus on similar learning objectives, but restructures the way in which students and teachers are evaluated.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Jefferson, represented in the General Assembly.
Section I: Definitions
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“Common Core” refers to the Common Core State Standards Initiative as it has been adopted by the Central State.
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“CSES” shall be used as an abbreviation for the Central State Education Standards.
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“Learning Objectives” shall refer to skills that schools shall structure their classes by according to the CSES.
Section II: Elimination of Common Core
- As of the signing of this bill into law, public schools shall no longer follow the standards of Common Core, nor administer PARCC standardized tests for the purposes of evaluating student growth starting with the beginning of that school’s next school year.
- Public schools shall instead adopt the Central State Educational Standards (CSES) as detailed below.
Section III: Central State Educational Standards
The CSES shall use the College and Career Readiness Skills standards from Common Core and adopt them as Learning Objectives in the CSES.
- Public schools shall create a curriculum for their students as they see fit so long as every class accounts for every Learning Objective associated with that grade level by the end of the school year.
- Teachers shall be required to document those assignments, activities or exams which evaluate each Learning Objective for their grade.
- Teachers shall also be required to document the results of those assignments, activities or exams for each student so that each student’s progress in each Learning Objective can be tracked.
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Do you want it in your state or not?
What specifically do you love or hate about it?
How will this help or hinder future generations?
Education is the pursuit of knowledge, not cranking out products for a workforce. Is the New Common Core Standard Initiative the answer?
According to the ASHA Schools Survey, 24% of SLPs find "working with common core state standards (e.g., integrating goals)" to be a challenge at their job.
I'm working on a blog post describing the challenges school-based SLPs face, and I don't quite understand what is challenging about CCSS. I know this probably is due to districts different attitudes towards CCSS and SLPs. In my jobs, I've only ever had to list a CCSS that a goal was working towards, and I have an app on my phone to browse through them to see which one fits best (it's called CommonCore). Other than an extra annoying step on an IEP goal, CCSS doesn't really affect me in a way that I can see.
I get that CCSS don't align with the developmental norms that we work with, but I just don't see how this is a significant challenge on the job? What am I missing here?
..."What will the students be doing and what will you be doing?"
How would you answer this? I don't feel that I answer this question fully during interviews.
