{"id":23860,"date":"2014-09-16T12:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23860"},"modified":"2014-09-16T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T16:12:39","slug":"parents-beware-of-misleading-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23860","title":{"rendered":"Parents, Beware Of Misleading Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The statistics<\/a> and information in this article have been taken from the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction<\/a> Website.<\/p>\n

Since Common Core<\/a> was introduced in North Carolina<\/a>, people with a vested interest in its success have been reporting statistics to justify its existence. Some of these statistics look really good; but when you analyze the data, you find that things are not what they appear to be. In other words, the acceptable standard has been altered to make the results appear better than they actually are. (See chart below.)<\/p>\n

\"aaaaDpiInfo\"<\/a>\"aaaaDpiInfo2\"<\/a>As you can see, Level 3 now includes what was previously the top half of Level 2. In October 2013, the State Board of Education<\/a> adopted four academic achievement levels. In March of 2014, an additional achievement level was added, for a total of five levels. The current five levels are:<\/p>\n

Level 1\u00a0 Limited Command<\/a><\/p>\n

Level 2\u00a0 Partial Command<\/p>\n

Level 3\u00a0 Sufficient Command (State Proficiency Standard)<\/p>\n

Level 4<\/a>\u00a0 Solid Command (College<\/a> and Career Readiness)<\/p>\n

Level 5<\/a> Superior Command (College and Career Readiness)<\/p>\n

What was previously the top half of ‘partial command’ has been moved to ‘sufficient command.’<\/p>\n

The new standards have not raised the educational achievement of North Carolina students. The reporting has not accurately reflected the impact Common Core has had on our students–they are not doing better–the method of reporting test scores has simply been altered to make it appear as if Common Core is providing a higher level of college and career readiness. As you can see from the charts above, that is not the case. The numbers have been changed to protect the politically connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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