Archived School textbook sales leader says Common Core is 'all about the money' (dailymail.co.uk)
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Archived School textbook sales leader says Common Core is 'all about the money' (dailymail.co.uk)
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This is all from the source you linked: 1. "... 68% of the 50,000 entering freshmen at CSU campuses require remediation in English language arts, or math, or both" The study doesn't separate between English Language Arts and Math. 2. This study looked at only California which has a high Latino immigrant population. This definitely skews the English Language Arts percentage from point 1. 3. The study looks at College Readiness. This study didn't look at the knowledge that the incoming students had but their ability to prepare for a college course. Just to use myself as an example. I did fine in HS, decent knowledge. However, I got my first F during my first semester of college in a class I breezed in HS because I carried over my lazy school attitude. Studying before a test was no longer appropriate (and really isn't, but I learned the hard way).College is a different educational culture than HS. 4. Just to reinforce point 3, the study you linked to says "That is, a college-prep curriculum is necessary but not sufficient to ensure college readiness". Even the study itself is saying that a college level curriculum for high school students doesn't ensure college readiness. 5. This study is from 2010, 6 years ago and 1 timepoint. A single timepoint isn't proof of a recent trend. I believe this paper mentions that this has been a co
But thanks for the interesting pdf, it IS an interesting read. The only problem I have with it is that it is written by people within the same industry (and there could be some bias). It's good that they want to see students in college succeed and not drop out. I don't think that high schools should be focusing on getting all students prepared for college - college isn't for everyone and it shouldn't be. For example, people going into trade schools don't need a curriculum to prepare them for college. Maybe offer it as an extra for those who are going.