The Maryland Student Assessment test (MSA) is slated to be phased out after this year, when it will be administered once more this spring. But the test is considered outdated because it doesn’t test for what students are learning in classrooms this year under the state’s new Common Core education curriculum.
“The MSA tests students on material they aren’t being taught, and takes away valuable teaching time to do it,” said Del. Eric Luedtke, D-Montgomery, the lead sponsor of the House bill. “It’s testing for the sake of testing, and we should not be giving it.”
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BS! This is extortion of our childrens' education! Common core is ignorance taught instead of factual history.
ReplyDeleteLiberals lowering the bar even farther.
ReplyDeleteThere were complaints that there were too many state tests, and teachers were teaching a kid how to pass a state test, not how to learn. If I remember correctly, there were complaints that the testing was all about politics, so your school remains in high standing and gets the money from the government, now complaints that they are being removed. Make up your minds.
ReplyDelete923, Common core is another name for state tests, just at a lower bar so more schools will "look" better and qualify for the same funding. Wealth distribution where everyone gets a trophy because the tests are kindergarten level.
ReplyDeleteGet it now?
Is this how you want to treat your kids?
ruling class elite Montgomery Co DEM rises from School Board to State Senator in order to approve of taxpayers paying to opt-out (MSA)so they can opt-in (CC)- priceless!
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