tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post5069328866165229969..comments2023-10-12T05:22:07.181-04:00Comments on The Prichard Blog!: Viewpoint: The genius of common standardsSPWestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-16368088438085166832009-06-19T03:09:19.715-04:002009-06-19T03:09:19.715-04:00Absolutley, I have begged for this for years. Eng...Absolutley, I have begged for this for years. Englih, math, and readng skills are universal. They are the core of what our students need to be able to do to understand and demonstrate understanding in all other content. I have written O'Bama like a hundred times, asking for the federal government to use the National Standards to create the assesment used to assess NCLB. Every student all over the US should take the same exam to see how schools, students, and educators fare and to see what is working. We don't need to take 5 years to develop these standards and assessments. We need to hit this now and hit this hard. Our economy is crashing around us and the fact that our education system is failing is not helping matters.my4bzsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-67958120750208994232009-06-05T18:05:09.177-04:002009-06-05T18:05:09.177-04:00National standards make sense. It seems to me that...National standards make sense. It seems to me that a national assessment, based on the common core, logically follows. <br /><br />That could make NAEP, with its sampling, obsolete, but the biggest improvement would be a uniform definition of proficiency and the elimination of states gaming the test.<br /><br />Additional state-specific tests covering state history, (and perhaps state literature?) may also be needed. But I don't see a reason to fear a national assessement provided we all remember they are only tests.<br /><br />Some will fear any national...anything. But just as Algebra is the same from state to state, assessing Algebra is the same too.<br /><br />Setting the same standards from state to state makes assessment of the schools a lot more meaningful.Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.com