http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/28/new-naep-numbers/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:24:30 -0500 hourly 1 http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/28/new-naep-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-6653 Robert Pondiscio Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:12:19 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2549#comment-6653 I'm curious where in the NAEP numbers you see the evidence that our schools are "doing pretty well." I’m curious where in the NAEP numbers you see the evidence that our schools are “doing pretty well.”

]]> http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/28/new-naep-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-6652 Ethan B. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:05:32 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2549#comment-6652 I always knew that our schools were doing pretty well,but doesn't the information provided by these tidbits indicate that teachers ought to be left to do their own thing and not something like Core Knowledge? Core Knowledge sounds like a good idea but it would seem to handicap teachers' abilities to respond to different learning styles in the classroom,since the model is predicated on having kids learn the same thing at the same grade level at the same time all around the country( as opposed to expecting kids to know the most important information in the subject areas by the end of middle school for example). Standards are important but they need to be flexible and reasonable for teachers. Otherwise, how is it possible expect them to teach effectively so that the kids will meet the standards in the first place? I always knew that our schools were doing pretty well,but doesn’t the information provided by these tidbits indicate that teachers ought to be left to do their own thing and not something like Core Knowledge? Core Knowledge sounds like a good idea but it would seem to handicap teachers’ abilities to respond to different learning styles in the classroom,since the model is predicated on having kids learn the same thing at the same grade level at the same time all around the country( as opposed to expecting kids to know the most important information in the subject areas by the end of middle school for example). Standards are important but they need to be flexible and reasonable for teachers. Otherwise, how is it possible expect them to teach effectively so that the kids will meet the standards in the first place?

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