Comments on: The Standards MacGuffin http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/06/the-standards-macguffin.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:56:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: concerned http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/06/the-standards-macguffin.html/comment-page-1#comment-2937 concerned Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:42:03 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=5367#comment-2937 California has the highest math standards in the nation. They "signed-on" with conditions. http://improvingmathed.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-to-know.html California has the highest math standards in the nation.

They “signed-on” with conditions.
http://improvingmathed.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-to-know.html

]]> By: EduDiva http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/06/the-standards-macguffin.html/comment-page-1#comment-2936 EduDiva Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:32:55 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=5367#comment-2936 You have a point about standards not really mattering too much, but they do matter somewhat. Standards in Cal. and Texas drive the textbooks, and school districts do look at them. States with higher standards won't join, you're right. The bottom states will probably improve. States in the middle like Missouri? Who knows. If you move or know people that move, you'll appreciate a more standardized approach to standards. You have a point about standards not really mattering too much, but they do matter somewhat. Standards in Cal. and Texas drive the textbooks, and school districts do look at them.

States with higher standards won’t join, you’re right. The bottom states will probably improve. States in the middle like Missouri? Who knows.

If you move or know people that move, you’ll appreciate a more standardized approach to standards.

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