Arguments Against Common Core

Those who are against Common Core base their arguments of several assumptions. The first is that teachers have complained more about the amount of extra training and extra administrative attention than ever before . For example, when Karen Ridder argues that Common Core affects the teacher's performance, she assumes that teachers have no idea how to teach the new Common Core curriculum which can affect their performance and the performance on their students. This is because of the 2014 survey from the Education Week Research Center she shared. It says that eight out of 10 teachers felt they needed more training on the standards. Most would agree that teachers do not know how to teach the new Common Core curriculum, making this widely held assumption.

For example when IDEA argues that schools and educational programs should be engaging places to learn and to work and not places to cause high pressure. They assume that schools should be a place of learning and not a place of high test taking. This is because students need to be tested in a different sense Most would agree that high-stake testing does not show students’ best effort and work , making this widely held assumption. The third assumption is that the curriculum is too basic. For example, when Joy Pullmann argues that Common Core undermines students’ intellectual growth and leaves many graduates unprepared for true college-level work, she assumes that the curriculum is not at the right level to prepare high school students for college. This is because the curriculum is standardized so that a majority of High School Seniors to graduate, but makes it difficult to be in college level courses.. Most would agree that the standardized curriculum makes it different to be prepared for college., making this widely held