{"id":757,"date":"2014-06-12T06:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/?p=757"},"modified":"2014-06-12T06:52:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:52:18","slug":"now-bill-gates-demands-that-common-core-tests-be-pointless-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/2014\/06\/12\/now-bill-gates-demands-that-common-core-tests-be-pointless-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Bill Gates Demands That Common Core Tests Be POINTLESS for Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/06\/11\/now-bill-gates-demands-that-common-core-tests-be-pointless-for-two-years\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Now Bill Gates Demands That Common Core Tests Be POINTLESS For Two Years<\/span><\/p>\n

9:49 AM 06\/11\/2014 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Owens<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization that has used up over $200 million in an effort to foist the Common Core Standards Initiative on America, has now asked schools to shelve any plans for using Common Core-associated standardized tests to assess teachers or students for the next two years.<\/p>\n

The request came in the form of a\u00a0\u201cDear partners\u201d letter<\/a>\u00a0from Vicki Phillips, the director of\u00a0education<\/a>\u00a0at a Gates Foundation branch called College Ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been inspiring this past year to hear from teachers and educators in many states and school districts who are excited about the standards,\u201d Phillips writes a lengthy introduction.\u00a0(RELATED: Here\u2019s Another Impossibly Stupid Common Core Math Worksheet)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Students are \u201ctaught to analyze and apply information, not just gather it and remember it,\u201d she also writes. \u201cThey\u2019re encouraged to ask questions, solve problems, and think for themselves.\u201d Eventually, Phillips arrives at the point of her missive, which is to urge state-level education bureaucrats and local school districts to impose a moratorium on any kind of evaluations based on Common Core-aligned standardized tests.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]he Gates Foundation agrees with those who\u2019ve decided that assessment results should not be taken into\u00a0account<\/a>\u00a0in high-stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years,\u201d Phillips explains. (This part is italicized.)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe standards need time to work. Teachers need time to develop lessons, receive more training, get used to the new tests, and offer their feedback,\u201d she argues.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, then, the Gates Foundation wants American students in taxpayer-funded public schools to use\u00a0class<\/a>\u00a0time to take a series of long, arduous Common Core-aligned tests for two years but also wants the tests to evaluate exactly nothing in the way of student progress or teacher quality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s valuable for students to actually take the Common Core-aligned tests without consequences during this period, so that teachers can get familiar with the tests, have a chance to offer their feedback, and get a feel for the students\u2019 successes and challenges,\u201d the Gates Foundation employee writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder this approach, teachers get the time, tools and support they need to teach the new standards, and students have a chance to get used to the new tests,\u201d Phillips adds. \u201cThis can ensure that students receive the high-quality instruction that will get them ready for life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The call for a delay is an about-face from previous attempts by Common Core advocates to roll out the national standards very rapidly.<\/p>\n

The Daily Caller was unable to reach any rising high school juniors or seniors to find out how they view two years of tests that will assess nothing.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/06\/11\/now-bill-gates-demands-that-common-core-tests-be-pointless-for-two-years\/ Now Bill Gates Demands That Common Core Tests Be POINTLESS For Two Years 9:49 AM 06\/11\/2014 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eric Owens Education Editor   The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization that has used up over $200 million in an effort to foist the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,25],"tags":[144,125,115,37],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evaluations","category-teachers","category-testing","tag-billgates","tag-commoncore","tag-smarterbalancedassessment","tag-testing-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopcommoncorenh.org\/sccnh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}