Common Core Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/common-core/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Common Core Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/common-core/ 32 32 12773863 The Swift Fall of Testing – What Comes Next? https://ezkool.com/2015/11/the-swift-fall-of-testing-what-comes-next/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 19:14:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61270 I’ve been in the education business for 31 years and I’ve seen many a fad come and go, from Teacher-proof curricula to shared decision-making to Differentiation to Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Mapping, Goals 2000 and various reading programs that focus on inventive spelling, phonics, whole language and learning vocabulary in context. Many of my colleagues didn’t […]

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]]> 61270 CCRAP! More Testing Ahead https://ezkool.com/2015/04/ccrap-more-testing-ahead/ https://ezkool.com/2015/04/ccrap-more-testing-ahead/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:20:50 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58680 If you’re a regular American, you know, like the kind of person Hillary Clinton is trying to appeal to, you probably think that the PARCC tests are over and that the education system has moved on. Not so. This week marks the return of the standardized tests that no one likes, and are based on […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/04/ccrap-more-testing-ahead/feed/ 0 58680 Salting the PARCCing Lot https://ezkool.com/2015/01/salting-the-parccing-lot/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/salting-the-parccing-lot/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:48:58 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57612 Educators, are you getting excited? No, not about the next snowstorm, which looks like a whopper, but about the PARCC tests? You’d better be, because they are on the way and the impact will be measurable and unpredictable. For those non-educators, the PARCC tests are the standardized tests that students in grades 3-11 will take […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/12/the-new-smart/feed/ 0 57017 Common Core: At Least the Website Works https://ezkool.com/2013/11/common-core-at-least-the-website-works/ https://ezkool.com/2013/11/common-core-at-least-the-website-works/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:46:01 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=45020 I am nothing if not a good sport and an optimist by temperament, so when I read this NJ Spotlight article about a website full of great information and resources for teaching the Common Core Curriculum Standards, I took a look. The site, njcore.org, is well-designed, if a bit busy, and you can sign up […]

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