Monday, April 30, 2012

Common Core Standards


Out with the GPS (Georgia Performance Standards) and in with the CCGPS (Common Core Georgia Performance Standards). What are the educational pros and cons of changing the standards when teachers and parents alike had finally gotten the hang of the GPS's?


EXAMPLES OF COMMON CORE CHANGES

The new Common Core standards will lead to curriculum changes in Georgia schools this fall. Some examples:
In math:
  • Shapes introduced in kindergarten, not the first grade.
  • Factoring, prime numbers, composites and adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions introduced in the fourth grade, not the fifth grade.
  • Negative numbers introduced in the sixth grade, not the seventh grade.
  • Solving inequalities and basic probability introduced in the seventh grade, not the eighth grade.
  • Calculating the mean absolute deviation introduced in the sixth grade, not the ninth grade.
  • Determining the volume of a sphere introduced in the eighth grade, not the 10th grade.
  • Use of the Pythagorean theorem to find distances introduced in the eighth grade, not the ninth grade.

In English/language arts:
  • The function of adverbs introduced in the third grade, not the fourth grade.
  • Abstract nouns introduced in the third grade, not the sixth grade.
  • Specific verb tenses introduced in the third grade, not the fifth grade.
  • Pronoun-antecedent agreement introduced in the third grade, not the seventh grade.
  • Comparative and superlative adjectives introduced in the third grade, not the seventh grade.


Sweeping changes to hit schools  | ajc.com

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