Please Don’t Throw Out the Core

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Please Don’t Throw Out the Core

Cooper and Josie’s Mom

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Please Don’t Throw Out the

Core

By Cooper and Josie’s Mom

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“Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other

information.”

Cooper – 3rd Grade

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Josie – 2nd Grade

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(at my day (and sometimes late evening) job)

Exploring AlternativeSolutions

Understanding Business Problems

Documenting Solutions

Communicating Solutions

Equations & Statistical Stuff

My Time

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Too LOW!!! Too HIGH!!!

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The Myth of the Average

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Stop Moving the Targets

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Tests, Teachers & Statistics

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Budget

Bribe?

2 Cents on Federal Control

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Our Teachers, Our School

Mrs. TruloveMrs. Collins

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From a Small Seed…

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A Mighty Tree May Grow

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Cooper and Josie attend King Springs Elementary School

Their mommy, Jo Claire Mitchell is a Georgia grown statistician

(Walton High School, KSU, M.S. Statistics GA TECH) and retail software consultant.

Previous roles: Director Product Strategy (Oracle Retail Forecasting & Analytic Solutions),

Analytic Consulting Manager, and most exciting…Staff Scientist

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Slide 3: CC Standard and SurveysCC Standard: (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8)

http://educationnext.org/2014-ednext-poll-no-common-opinion-on-the-common-core/

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=196fcc85-d1bc-4da9-b4be-4344a384d33d&c=26

Slide 5: Georgia Information Technologyhttp://www.georgia.org/industries/information-technology/

Slide 7: The myth of the averagehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmyttcfU4

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Slide 8: Testing Reports and Statistics on States and Schoolshttp://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Ensuring_Fair_and_Reliable_Measures_Practitioner_Brief.pdf

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG14_01_NotJust.pdf

http://places.findthebest.com/compare/7-42/Georgia-vs-Massachusetts

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/09/marriage-americas-greatest-weapon-against-child-poverty

Slide 10: My 2 Cents on Federal ControlCobb County Annual Education Budget, roughly in billions and estimated contribution of Common Core Related Race to Top funding. Based percent of Race to Top qualifying criteria that was related to standards; percent of Cobb Budget from state; annual State Funds from Race to Top Money; Annual state funds contributed to education.

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(Funds actually vary by district. I

estimated what I could with information I had.)