And yet the states with the highest scores are blue states that teach common core, and Alabama is consistently in the lowest 10-15 states.
The metric referenced in OPs meme is improvement, not raw scores. Alabama improved from really bad to below average. They’re not scoring better than NY or CA.
Alabama’s 8th grade math scores are literally 50th of the 50 states. The only lower grades are DC and PR.
When I hear someone who has something to say about common core, I just ask “why can’t they just teach” and then I describe common core without telling them its common core. 100% will tell you that what you described is the right way cause it just makes sense and the other ways are just stupid and pointlessly difficult.
Then you get to tell them that’s common core, and the looks of confusion and mental distress you get to watch are just amazing. And then before they have time to rally up their indignation about some bullshit thing they saw about kids getting the right answer but being marked wrong, you point out that all the uproar is becoming a few people who like to do math the stupid way are upset that they taught the kids to do it the stupid way, but the elementary school homework wasn’t about getting the right answer, it was about learning how to do it the easy way and not the hard way, so they got marked wrong for doing the homework wrong.
And yet the states with the highest scores are blue states that teach common core, and Alabama is consistently in the lowest 10-15 states.
The metric referenced in OPs meme is improvement, not raw scores. Alabama improved from really bad to below average. They’re not scoring better than NY or CA.
Alabama’s 8th grade math scores are literally 50th of the 50 states. The only lower grades are DC and PR.
I love how disinformation is getting more upvotes than your fact filled response.
Edit: I posted this when you had fewer upvotes than the parent comment
It’s very cool to hate on common core.
When I hear someone who has something to say about common core, I just ask “why can’t they just teach” and then I describe common core without telling them its common core. 100% will tell you that what you described is the right way cause it just makes sense and the other ways are just stupid and pointlessly difficult.
Then you get to tell them that’s common core, and the looks of confusion and mental distress you get to watch are just amazing. And then before they have time to rally up their indignation about some bullshit thing they saw about kids getting the right answer but being marked wrong, you point out that all the uproar is becoming a few people who like to do math the stupid way are upset that they taught the kids to do it the stupid way, but the elementary school homework wasn’t about getting the right answer, it was about learning how to do it the easy way and not the hard way, so they got marked wrong for doing the homework wrong.
Literally maga talking points