The Common Core English Language Arts Exam is an exam that carries a lot of speculation and heavy controversy. This test is one that brings most students, parents, and teachers to their feet. Such an exam has effected education in that it has attempted to grasp a better understanding of a child’s knowledge, but has done it in a way where students feel they have been cheated. What’s to be discussed is the ways in which the exam has changed, the advocators for the exam and those against it.
The Common Core ELA test has a different structure than the exams administered in previous years. This change is necessary to better analyze students’ progress. The exam itself is more demanding on the student and consequently has a new passing score. When compared to old tests, the level of difficulty has increased all around. This is done in a way that requires deep thinking. As stated in the article, “A Disturbing Look at Common Core Tests in New York” by Valerie Strauss,
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Justin Murphy’s writing on, “More Parents Keeping Kids From State Tests” is in favor for the new Common Core ELA tests. It begins by stating the huge reason as to why many people are against these tests. A strong link is made between students and teachers on the attack for the new tests and that link lies in the student’s test scores and teacher evaluations. Since the scores can be linked to how well a teacher has taught a subject, the teachers themselves are angry because the low test scores their students receive, reflect the teachers’ efforts. Charter schools and business organizations are supporters of the state testing regime. They say that tests are politically motivated and insensitive to achievement disparities. People in favor for the tests say that these tests are crucial in that they tell us the progress in our students and because progress is essential to know in bettering our education system, they must be taken and not