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In yesterday’s post, I revealed quite a bit about an international credentialing company tied to Common Core. Today’s “Would You Believe It” Wednesday post, looks at the American based companies. Will they, too, be tied to Common Core? ICE (aka: Institute for Credentialing Excellence): Here’s how they describe themselves, “The Institute for Credentialing Excellence, or […]
Continue ReadingIASSC (International Association for Six Sigma Certification) is a third party in the field of workforce credentials. If you’re not familiar with how credentials play into Common Core, think WorkKeys assessments (from the ACT, Inc. folks), Career Tech Ed, and THAT arm of the CC Machine. What’s interesting to note is this credentialing company has […]
Continue ReadingBefore we look at how Common Core via the Career Tech Education has impacted “Alternative Education”, we need to know how “AE” is defined. So, for that, I’m using the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Research Report “How Do the States Define Alternate Education?” (I must cite it as the following: Porowski, A., O’Conner, R., & Luo, […]
Continue ReadingI only recently heard of “CREATE” and if I’d not really been paying attention, I would of just glossed over it. However, knowing the Common Core Machine has so many overreaching parts, it’s worth a look. CREATE: The acronym for “Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness”. Their goals? Improving student outcomes aka […]
Continue ReadingThank you for joining me last night as I went in-depth on the topic of a CCSS aligned work force. It is my hope you were able to glean helpful information to aid your battle in your state. ‘Women on the Wall’ archives each call, so if you missed anything, you can access it from […]
Continue ReadingLast week I shared with you detailed information about the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s grant awards given in rounds to help align data mining with the U.S. Dept. of Education. The connector? CCSS aligned Workforce. For a reminder of last week’s post, see this picture. In the past few days, Missouri Education Watchdog (as well […]
Continue ReadingThe phrase, ‘The turnip truck is not parked right outside!’ or it’s close ‘relative’, ‘No, I did not just fall off the turnip truck!’ are classics here in the South. We typically use them when it comes to someone who’s less that intelligent. Seems like many of the Common Core Standards folks have that opinion […]
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