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Chester Finn, proponent of high standards, humanities, andcharter schools, speaks out in favor of Common Core. Finn sees “four greatassets” in the Core.

1.      Rigorous content-and-skill expectations.
2.      Voluntary development by states, using privatedollars.
3.      Comparisons of student, school, and districtperformance on a common metric—and gauging achievement against that of othercountries.
4.      Students moving from one locale to another canexpect to enroll in schools that are teaching the same topics at the same gradelevels.

Finn’s analysis of the attacks on Common Core, ranging fromcomplaints about flawed standards to expense, to national vs. state are foundin this article.


Would the Common Core be helpful in your classroom?