Retired Stanford University Professor James Milgram is one of the national reviewers of both the first and second drafts of the Texas math standards. He was one of the 25 members of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association (NGA) Validation Committee (Common Core) — AND THE ONLY CONTENT EXPERT IN MATHEMATICS. As he testified in Texas in support a bill to prevent Common Core in that state, he says many had input into CC math standards, and he intimates that some had a special agenda, including “making the standards as non-challenging as possible:” As a result, there are a number of extremely serious failings in Core Standards that make it premature for any state with serious hopes for improving the quality of the mathematical education of their children to adopt them. This remains true in spite of the fact that more than 35 states have already adopted them. For example, by the end of fifth grade the material being covered in arithmetic and algebra in Core Standards is more than a year behind the early grade expectations in most high achieving countries. By the end of seventh grade Core Standards are roughly two years behind. Source: maggiesnotebook/2014/03/stanford-prof-james-milgram-on-common-cores-math-failures-low-expectations-a-political-document/
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:37:47 +0000
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