The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards

     This author begins by stating a lot of the skepticism she has with the Common Core. She states that they have yet to be tested, so there is no evidence that they are going to do anything that their boosters say they are going to do. She tells that their boosters claim that our Nation's Security is at jeopardy if all states do not adopt the CCSS. She also tells of other dramatic claims made by the boosters of the CCSS. She goes on to say that in the one place that they actually have been implemented and tested, that only 3.2 percent of English language learners passed the new tests. She continues by stating that the CCSS seems to be set in stone, that no state can change it, but that as States, they have the right to change them as they deem necessary. The author encourages a high standard for learning but not one beyond students' reach, and she believes that the CCSS is beyond reach and unnecessary for learning.
     I won't say that I am new to the Common Core State Standards because I had to use them all semester last semester while making lesson plans, but I never actually did any research about them. Now that I am actually hearing what they are, I cannot agree to them either. I do not understand 45 states implementing a standard that is going to cause students to fail just so they can gain some of the Race to the Top federal funding. I think that education has always been in the States' hands for a reason. Because there are different learners everywhere. Each state cannot go by the same exact standard and expect to get the same outcome. Each state is different due to many different factors such as geographical location, population, size, race, income, and other factors as well. How can we expect with so many differences to get the same outcome? I think some of our state leaders have their minds going in the wrong direction when it comes to our students' education. I think that the states should do what works the best for their individual state when it comes to education and leave the federal governments' money out of it because they have enough problems as it is.