I enjoyed reading the link article on CCS, What Really Matters. Thanks for providing, as I am trying to understand their impact on/benefit to my children. I agree with the writer that the CCS in brief sound lovely; the trick is in how they are interpreted, implemented and most of all, what kind of standardized testing they turn into. As always, the devil is in the details.
I agree Denise, the CCS are still so new that we need to figure out the direction we need to take and how we can best use them to benefit our students.
Hi Laurie and Denise- I am a believer in the CCRS. If used correctly, students are taught objectives, not topics. Eric Jenson discusses this in Teaching with Poverty in Mind and the impact that shift can have for the neediest students. Students who don't come to school with a lot of experiences can never "catch up" in the topic classroom. However, if objectives are taught the playing field is more level.
I enjoyed reading the link article on CCS, What Really Matters. Thanks for providing, as I am trying to understand their impact on/benefit to my children. I agree with the writer that the CCS in brief sound lovely; the trick is in how they are interpreted, implemented and most of all, what kind of standardized testing they turn into. As always, the devil is in the details.
ReplyDeleteI agree Denise, the CCS are still so new that we need to figure out the direction we need to take and how we can best use them to benefit our students.
DeleteHi Laurie and Denise-
ReplyDeleteI am a believer in the CCRS. If used correctly, students are taught objectives, not topics. Eric Jenson discusses this in Teaching with Poverty in Mind and the impact that shift can have for the neediest students. Students who don't come to school with a lot of experiences can never "catch up" in the topic classroom. However, if objectives are taught the playing field is more level.