When You Set Lousy Goals in Education, You Get Lousy Results

Since the disappointing results of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress tests were made public on April 10, it has been puzzling that no one at the National Assessment Governing Board, including its chairman (former Governor John Engler of Michigan), has suggested that Common Core-aligned standards and tests might be negative influences on the nation's public schools. Many readers might ask why we should hear anything from the board that oversees the NAEP test about Common Core's

Since the disappointing results of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress tests were made public on April 10, it has been puzzling that no one at the National Assessment Governing Board, including its chairman (former Governor John Engler of Michigan), has suggested that Common Core-aligned standards and tests might be negative influences on the nation's public schools. Many readers might ask why we should hear anything from the board that oversees the NAEP test about Common Core's…