|
Common Core
PDK/Gallup, the longest-running poll on education issues, recently evaluated "The Public's Attitudes Towards the Public Schools." The 1,000 person survey included its first ever question related to Common Core State Standards. PDK's August 21 press release stated:
"Despite the wide adoption of the CCSS, nearly two-thirds of those polled, or 62
percent, said they had never heard of the new standards. Of the 38 percent who said they had heard of them, many thought - incorrectly - that the federal government was forcing states to adopt them and that the CCSS covered every academic subject. Only 41 percent of those surveyed said they thought the CCSS would make American schools more competitive globally - a key goal of the initiative. At the same time, 95 percent of respondents want schools to teach critical thinking skills, another CCSS goal.
While those standards will be accompanied by new student assessments, the public now says that increased testing is hurting American education more than helping. Only 22 percent of those polled said increased testing had helped the performance of their local schools, compared to 28 percent in 2007. This year, 36 percent of those questioned said the testing was hurting school performance; 41 percent said it had made no difference."
You can view the full report here: http://pdkintl.org/noindex/2013_PDKGallup.pdf
| 
