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for kindergarteners include things they
have not learned yet, such as multi-
plication," she said. "Students learn in
different ways. A test is a mere 'data
point' in their school career. A student
who performs low on a test might be
very intelligent, but a poor test-taker:'
Summer said that she teaches CCSS
in her fourth-grade class.
"The math curriculum is especially
confusing, and the strategies are time-
consuming:' she said. "If a student
struggles with reading, he or she will
also struggle in math because it is
largely story-problem based. The 'old-
school' way has been tried and true for
ages. Parents are unable to help their
kids at home, because they do not
know these convoluted strategies."
Elysa Koppelman White is con-
cerned about CCSS professionally and
personally as an associate professor
of philosophy for 13 years at Oakland
University, and as a married mother of
two primary school-aged children.
School "standards" are not needed,
she said. "If you compare apples to
apples — districts with adequate fund-
ing, involved parents, kids who have
basic necessities, etc. — our schools
are not broken and never have been.
We do just as well as any private school
and just about any other country. The
failure of kids to thrive academically
is mostly due to poverty and lack of
parental involvement."
High-stakes testing is ruining edu-
cation on many levels, she said, and
students will not be ready for college
with these standards in place.
"Teachers are no longer able to
use creativity in teaching concepts. If
everyone is learning the same concepts
at the same time in the same way, then
this undermines the marketplace of
ideas. No one brings anything new or
unique to the table she said. 'And
the creativity and sharing of different
ideas that drives our economy and
inventions and entrepreneurial spirit
will die.
"I've already seen the damage No
Child Left Behind has had on students'
readiness for college. This takes it fur-
ther — it will only get worse:'
She cites her students' lack of criti-
cal thinking and writing skills in her
classroom.
"They are much less able to think
critically and formulate arguments and
counter-arguments as students in the
past:' she said. "They have a hard time
taking essay exams because they have
a hard time explaining themselves.
Universities like mine now have writ-
ing across the curriculum programs
and requirements for writing intensive
courses, and this is for sure a direct
result of teaching to a multiple choice
test.
"I have also been asked several
times, 'Can't you just tell us what's on
the test and give us multiple choice?'
"As a parent, as a professor and as a
member of society, I am gravely con-
cerned, and I feel trapped; she said.
"Because the SAT will soon be aligned
with CCSS, private schools will have
no choice but to adopt them, too:'
In its place, White wants to see
control of the classroom given back to
teachers, parents and the community.
"This is a democracy:' she said, "and
public school ought to reflect that:' ❑
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See how you do with this math question for fourth graders.
We are making punch for a fourth-grade party. A little more than
100 students will attend the party. The recipe below will serve 16
students.
Party punch.
Serves 16 (serving size: 8 fluid ounces).
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Ingredients:
2 pints strawberry sherbet
2 quart fruit punch, chilled
32 fluid ounces lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage, chilled.
Directions: Place sherbet in punch bowl. Pour in fruit punch and
lemon-lime soda.
Answer the following questions about the punch for the party.
Show all work and explain how you know your answers are accurate.
How much of each ingredient needs to be purchased to serve
punch at the party? Rewrite the recipe to serve over 100 students.
How many total gallons of punch can be made with the ingredients
purchased?
If each serving is 12 fluid ounces, how many servings can be made
with the ingredients purchased?
Send us your answers via email to kcohen@renmedia.us (subject
line: common core) to see if you passed. We'll print an answer in next
week's issue.