3. The front loading of “Common Core” material being introduced by companies like Pearson and Houghton Mifflin seem mainly concerned with making a profit than seeing if existing material can align. Within the last two years, there’s been an influx of materials that’s touted as “Common Core Aligned” but there’s no proof of the alignment.  Instead of financially strapped school districts shelling out millions on textbooks and/or ancillaries materials there should be a moratorium period  of buying anything that is “Common Core Aligned”. Districts should get feedback from their teachers about the resources they have that are already aligned to what the Common Core Standards are asking teachers and students to do.  What makes things even more discerning is that the Student Achievement Partners (the people behind the standards) have yet to approve all of the new material being marketed to schools and districts.
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