See the reasons the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction wants to adopt the Common Core State Standards…. and the refutations of each reason below each statement.

“….But are the Common Core Standards really “revolutionary”? Or are they fundamentally the same as the sets of standards that currently exist in each of the 50 states, different only in their wording?….”

Common Core Standards of education for all the states is not the magic solution it claims to be.

The 2006 Legislature directed the WSIPP, under Senate Bill 6618, to “conduct a study to explore options to augment the current system of assessments…” The bill directed the Institute to consult with a broad range of groups, and CURE was among the participating groups.

The Fordham Foundation regularly rates the education standards of every state in the Union. The state assessments (e.g. the WASL) are written to assess those learning standards. Washington received “F” grades in English and Math.

This testimony was made by an elementary school teacher to the Seattle School Board regarding a report from The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation detailing the effectiveness of the state math standards.

A commentary from the late 1990s:
– “The out–of–touch educational establishment has given us a set of Language Arts (English) Standards that make the universally condemned history standards look acceptable by comparison.”