Please Don t Throw Out the Core Cooper and

Please Don’t Throw Out the Core Cooper and Josie’s Mom 1

Please Don’t Throw Out the Core By Cooper and Josie’s Mom 2

Cooper – 3 rd Grade “Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information. ” 3

Josie – 2 nd Grade 4

My Time (at my day (and sometimes late evening) job) Exploring Alternative Solutions Understanding Business Problems Communicating Solutions Documenting Solutions Equations & Statistical Stuff 5

Too LOW!!! Too HIGH!!! 6

The Myth of the Average 7

Stop Moving the Targets 8

Tests, Teachers & Statistics 9

2 Cents on Federal Control Bribe? Budget 10

Our Teachers, Our School Mrs. Trulove Mrs. Collins 11

From a Small Seed… 12

A Mighty Tree May Grow 13

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 14

Appendix Type Content Slide 3: CC Standard and Surveys CC 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/Poll. Report. aspx? g=196 fcc 85 -d 1 bc-4 da 9 -b 4 be-4344 a 384 d 33 d&c=26 Slide 5: Georgia Information Technology http: //www. georgia. org/industries/information-technology/ Slide 7: The myth of the average http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 e. Bmyttcf. U 4 ) 15

More Appendix Type Content Slide 8: Testing Reports and Statistics on States and Schools http: //www. metproject. org/downloads/MET_Ensuring_Fair_and_Reliable_Measures_Practitioner_Br ief. pdf http: //www. hks. harvard. edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG 14_01_Not. Just. pdf http: //places. findthebest. com/compare/7 -42/Georgia-vs-Massachusetts http: //www. heritage. org/research/reports/2012/09/marriage-americas-greatest-weapon-against-childpoverty Slide 10: My 2 Cents on Federal Control Cobb 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. (Funds actually vary by district. I estimated what I could with information I had. ) 16