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Less than half of California’s students meet new math and reading standards

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California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Results for 2015

September 9, 2015

Contact: Pam Slater, communications@cde.ca.gov, 916-319-0818

State Schools Chief Torlakson Calls First Year of CAASPP Results California’s Starting Point Toward Goal of Career and College Readiness

SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today unveiled the results of new online assessments administered to about 3.2 million students last spring to gauge their progress in learning new, more rigorous academic standards designed to prepare them for college and careers in the 21st century.

Because 2015 is the first year of the new tests and because they are substantially different from their predecessors, Torlakson said the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) results will serve as a baseline from which to measure future progress and should not be compared to results from the state’s previous assessments, the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program. Continue reading→

Senator Huff responds to low scores in Common Core testing

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2015

CONTACT: Bill Bird @ 916-651-4029

Senator Huff Responds to Low Scores in Common Core Testing

SACRAMENTO: Senator Bob Huff (R-San Dimas) issued the following statement in response to low test scores among California students after the first round of the new Common Core testing. Senator Huff is the former Vice-Chair of the Senate Education Committee.

“The low scores are not surprising. We discussed this extensively during Senate Education Committee during the implementation process and we expected as much. What really disturbs me, however, is the State Legislature has already taken action to eliminate the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) exams and the long-standing California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).” Continue reading→

Common Core town hall forum set for 11/10 in San Juan Capistrano

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COMMON CORE

COMMON CORE: CONFRONTING THE REALITY

“This is the most knowledgeable, but easily understood set of critics of the Common Core that you will ever hear.”

A free town hall meeting on the subject of Common Core is set for November 10, from 7-9:30 pm, in South Orange County, at the Capistrano Unified School District Trustees’ Meeting Hall, located at 33122 Valle Road, in San Juan Capistrano.

No admission charge, but attendees need an admission ticket.  Click here to register online. Continue reading→

NewportMesa Tea Party Monthly Meeting: May 8

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NMTP

Welcome to NewportMesa Tea Party’s monthly meeting!
Admission is free.
Donate to help cover costs of room, website, events, supplies, etc
Learn about Serious Concerns with Common Core
 A Controversial, UNTESTED Education System
BEING IMPLEMENTED IN MOST SCHOOLS IN AMERICA
Date:  Thursday May 8, 2014
Time:  6:30PM – 8:30PM
Place: Halecrest Park Swim and Tennis Club
3107 Killybrooke Ln Costa Mesa, CA 92626
halecrestpark.com    MAPS and DIRECTIONS
Speakers:
Jeanne Goodin, V.P. Eagle Forum of CA State Board of Directors & Long Beach Chapter President
Gloria Pruyne, Chairman of Orange County Common Core Concerned CitizensWebsites:     Orange County Common Core Concerned Citizens  orangecountycccc.com
Californians United Against Common Core  cuacc.org
Eagle Forum of California  eagleforumofcalifornia.org

 

Some of the concerns with Common Core:              ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN:
Curriculum is academically weak                                                 Watch informative videos
Math is mediocre and two years behind other countries             Read current articles
70% boring text in place of English Lit. in 9th – 12th grade        Start a Mothers Who Care group
Inclusion of different family structures in 2nd grade                    Share through Facebook
Personal Data is collected without parental knowledge              Write letters to the editor
Emphasis on globalism not national sovereignty                        Attend PTA and school board meetings
Extreme leftist indoctrination                                                       Sign an opt out form
Exorbitant cost: $1.6 billion in California                                     Contact your US Congressman & Senators
Contact your CA Assemblyman & Senator

Common Core will be:
Indoctrinating students with WHAT TO THINK instead of
Teaching students HOW TO THINK.

How do you change a free nation into a captive nation? You control the minds of the next generation.

Abraham Lincoln warned: “The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next.”

Norman Thomas said: “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

RSVP and become a member: www.newportmesateaparty.com