Commentary
Accountability & Testing, Curriculum & Instruction, Standards
Let's tell the truth: High-stakes tests damage reading instruction
Accountability works. But not in reading, which isn’t a subject or a skill. Robert Pondiscio
Accountability works. But not in reading, which isn’t a subject or a skill. Robert Pondiscio
I confess I’m somewhat bewildered by the passionate arguments over the Common Core State Standards. Getting in high dudgeon about K–12 learning standards, which say almost nothing about what kids do in school all day, makes no more sense to me than getting apoplectic about food-handling procedures, which I seldom think about when pushing my cart through the grocery store.
There’s more to Common Core than “close reading.” Robert Pondiscio