The Appellate court upholds ruling that the Common Core testing consortiums violate the compact clause of the US Constitution. Alaskans Against the Common Core 10 hrs · North Pole, AK The Appellate Court Upholds Rule that SBAC is unconstitutional. Appellate Victory for Common Core Opponents Missouri Court of Appeals dismisses Governor Nixon's appeal, leaves in place trial court judgment enjoining Missouri from paying fees to Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium On September 17, 2015, the Missouri Court of Appeals-Western District entered its judgment in Sauer v. Nixon, dismissing the State's appeal and leaving in place the lower court's injunction … [Read more...]
More Data Gathering By The Feds on Non-Cognitive Factors
This a re-post of an article written by a stay-at-home mother of 2 children who is concerned about some of the data gathering efforts being used or planned by government entities. Take a read and let me know what you think. Do you agree or disagree with her comments and why? “We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was” Opening to the tv show The Six Million Dollar Man. Though that was the opening to one of my favorite 70’s tv shows, it also seems to be the mind set of many educational professionals, and by that I mean researchers, psychologists, testing companies, curriculum developers and bureaucrats. If you look at the research that is being … [Read more...]