Along the way, some good points surface A couple of days ago, I blogged about “School standards in the new era???”, which criticizes a scheme to reduce grading standards in Bullitt County Public Schools so students can receive (but, not really earn) more KEES taxpayer-funded scholarship money. In writing that blog, I generally agreed that…
Got a report over the weekend that the Utah GOP just adopted a resolution against the Common Core State Standards. To read it, go to this link and scroll down the page a bit to read: “Utah GOP Anti-Common Core Resolution PASSES” The Utah resolution is heavily researched and referenced. It is very interesting reading…
First, view the marketing video for this Common Core State Standards aligned English Language Arts (ELA) instructional program for young elementary school students. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Next, play this You Tube: Now, write a comment for us about what you think about this CCSS aligned English Language Arts material for first graders. Be…
Reacting to growing nationwide pushback on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday recently posted an item in his Doc. H’s Blog dealing with what he claims is: “…a lot of misinformation being pushed by folks who are not supportive of more rigorous standards for students….” In Part 1 of this…
Reacting to growing nationwide pushback on Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday recently posted an item in his Doc. H’s Blog dealing with what he claims is: “…a lot of misinformation being pushed by folks who are not supportive of more rigorous standards for students that will enable our high…
Education Week’s State Edwatch Blog just picked up on the major story we have been covering on the problems with Kentucky’s high school end-of-course exams.
As we reported last week here, here and here, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has run into major problems with the state’s high school end-of-course testing program. One major problem is the computer servers from ACT’s Vantage testing system became overloaded and crashed when students from Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama simultaneously tried to access…
New ACT report casts SERIOUS doubts The ACT, Inc.’s “ACT National Curriculum Survey” series just came out with a 2012 edition. The findings raise serious questions about the validity of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that Kentucky and many other states are now using to shape school curriculum from Kindergarten through high school. Recent…
The Herald-Leader and other news sources are reporting Representative Carl Rollins (D – Midway) has announced he is leaving the Kentucky Legislature to head the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation. While Rollins shepherded a number of education bills during his tenure, he was instrumental in blocking key…
The Bluegrass Institute’s Richard Innes speaks tomorrow, April 25, 2013 on Kentucky’s education performance and “Common Core, Why the Uproar” at a Kentuckians Against Common Core Standards meeting in Louisville. Meeting time: 7 pm to 9:30 pm Place: Korea Saehan Church of Louisville 10409 Taylorsville Road Louisville, KY 40299 Note: Registration Recommended. Do that here.