WYBI Wednesday: National Center for Post Secondary Research and CCSS

It’s “Would You Believe It Wednesday” and I cannot think of a better follow up for this week’s “From the File Tuesday” about SHEEO, the CCSSO, and CCSS than today’s eye-opener of a research paper by the NCPSR (National Center for Post Secondary Research) describing in detail the purposed implementation of CCSS!! In our above […]

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WYBI Wednesday: Assess, Obsess, then Assess Again

Yesterday,  I had the ‘pleasure’ of listening to 2 assessment experts extol the virtues of not only Common Core, but SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) and PARCC (Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness in College and Careers) as well. Much has been written about the SBAC, PARCC. Before we get too far into the experts […]

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Common Core Standards Usurp Leadership Clubs in our Schools

This is a guest post article from a concerned parent. It is a follow-up to a previous article: CCS and honor societies _________________________ Common Core Standards Usurp Leadership Clubs in our Schools You may have fond memories of your days in school where you attended, especially if you were a member of clubs such as FFA […]

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