Hundreds of parents, critiquing math questions or other test aspects, have pledged to have their children skip the tests, leaving test-driven teacher evaluations and school performance scores to hang precariously in the balance. And it’s coming to a head next week, when thousands of Louisiana students in third through eighth grade begin taking the Common Core-aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests. Some of the backlash can be attributed to a speedy sea change in math education, as all involved are expected to do what they’ve never done before. Tammany Parish School Board has abandoned it altogether, and several other school systems only use it sparingly. Its strategies have been lambasted as confusing and unnecessary. Yet the program has its critics, including some parents, teachers and school administrators who lament that it asks too much, too soon of students, particularly in the younger grades. Like Common Core, it encourages students to use various mental strategies to solve problems, and to focus on the process instead of the answer.īirney Elementary and hundreds of other Louisiana schools have designated Eureka as their math roadmap, after the state Education Department gave the curriculum high marks in 2013. Eureka Math, a Common Core-aligned curriculum published by the non-profit Great Minds Inc., equates mathematical concepts to stories, with the aim of developing conceptual understanding.
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