This is so sad. The Common Core standards are designed very well. They emphasize understanding over mechanics. They've gotten surprisingly bad press from parents who don't understand math and don't understand the new methods which really are designed to build intuition and understanding. But even if you have to give in and go back to the old way of teaching, why ditch the new, high-quality test? I don't get it. Maybe the schools are all afraid of looking ineffective because they know they don't teach proper understanding.
This is so sad. The Common Core standards are designed very well. They emphasize understanding over mechanics. They've gotten surprisingly bad press from parents who don't understand math and don't understand the new methods which really are designed to build intuition and understanding. But even if you have to give in and go back to the old way of teaching, why ditch the new, high-quality test? I don't get it. Maybe the schools are all afraid of looking ineffective because they know they don't teach proper understanding.