Sandra Stotsky

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April 1, 2016

School Choice: Fig Leaf of the Pro-Common Core Right

Sandra Stotsky

Charters, choice, and decentralization cannot solve the problem.

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September 24, 2015

PARCC Results Mean Nothing

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NAS board member Sandra Stotsky explains how Common Core-based tests fail to produce intelligible results.

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August 18, 2015

How Massachusetts Promoted Achievement Before Common Core & PARCC

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Sandra Stotsky comments on Massachusetts K-12 standardized testing reports. 

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April 13, 2015

Proposed Education Act Would Shortchange Students

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Sandra Stotsky argues that the new version of No Child Left Behind will leave low-income students behind because it lacks an important requirement for teachers' competence in t......

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May 12, 2014

Study Finds Poetry Slighted in Common Core English Standards

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Significant overall reduction in time spent on classic literary texts will make it difficult to give poetry the prominence it deserves.

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March 31, 2014

Common Core Mathematics Standards

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Professor William McCallum remarks on college readiness in Common Core’s mathematics standards at a meeting sponsored by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of Ame......

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March 28, 2014

Debunking Common Core Myths

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Common Core expert Sandra Stotsky offers facts about the Common Core to set the record straight. 

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January 3, 2014

Common Core Doesn't Add Up to STEM Success

Sandra Stotsky

The Common Core State Standards won't prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math, writes NAS board member Sandra Stotsky 

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