Standards are a gift that keeps giving for those who love to hate click, cherry pick or whatever. It leads to a confused debate that tends to overlook the major issue: a lot of standards just aren’t that good. It’s one reason for the NAEP results we see.
But look, I have a dog in this fight. Virginia recently revised its standards , something that happens on a regular cycle here. It was a circus, because 2023. But the end product is quite good – if you like content standards. If you like the thematic approach and are the kind of person who puts the word “mere” in front of “facts” then you won’t like them. I talk about all that and the standards more generally in a discussion with Rick Hess in Ed Week .
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