Common Core articles
Author Kay Scheidler accentuates the positive about Common Core
Kay responds in an Op-Ed piece to “High Stakes Tests Decimate Classroom Teaching,” (below) Kay Scheidler New Tests Help Classroom Teaching
“Tests ‘Decimate Classroom Teaching” Dubois High stakes tests decimate classroom teaching
“Massachusetts education is not stagnant”
Kay’s published pieces below are in response to an Op-Ed from conservative Boston-based Pioneer Institute charging that the MA Dept. of Education hasn’t improved state test scores, now adopting “easier Common Core standards,” and an “independent” organization should take over.
Correcting Common Core misinformation The Providence Journal
“Test is Fair if We Want to Improve Education”:
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