Second in a series.
Re: “Deciphering Culver City Common Core – Positively”
How do you respond to an educator who says “we are madly testing right now”?
You say “Talk fast, and I will listen even faster.”
Dr. Katie Krumpe, assistant superintendent for the School District, the administrator in charge of the first-year Common Core experiment, was explaining the testing process.
“This is a new task, and it is all on line,” she said of the April-to-June exams.
“It has been challenging. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be challenged. It has been challenging. But in the year we are learning new standards, we are giving a brand new test, and kids have to take all of it on a computer.”
The reporter asked what appeared to be an uncomplicated question. But it was not.
Question: The testing applies to what grades?
“Third through eighth grade, and grade 11,” said Dr. Krumpe, who always speaks with vigor.
Hmm. Why that odd combination?
“That would be a federal government question,” a response supplanting the traditional education answer, “God only knows.”
The Common Core curriculum was installed in 45 of the 50 states this school year presumably to standardize education and derive a common manner of evaluation. With Common Core ideally, a “B” student in New Hampshire and a “B” student in Oregon would be equally well armed.
(To be continued)
