{"id":12319,"date":"2015-12-14T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/despite-concern-catholics-told-to-not-worry-about-common-core-39893\/"},"modified":"2015-12-14T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:13:00","slug":"despite-concern-catholics-told-not-to-worry-about-common-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2015\/12\/despite-concern-catholics-told-not-to-worry-about-common-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Core developer\u2019s message for Catholic education: don\u2019t sweat the SAT changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Washington D.C., Dec 14, 2015 \/ 03:13 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- In an effort to address uneasiness about the Common Core, a developer of the curriculum says that a traditional Catholic education should prepare students regardless of new changes to the SAT and other standardized tests.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAs president of The College Board it is my conviction that a child excellently trained in traditional liberal arts will do superbly on relevant sections of the SAT and other aspects of Advanced Placement work,\u201d David Coleman told the Cardinal Newman Society in an interview published Dec. 14.<\/p>\n

\tThe College Board is the non-profit that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests. Coleman, the organization\u2019s president, was also a lead developer of the Common Core curriculum at Student Achievement Partners.<\/p>\n

\tColeman emphasized that the intention of the curriculum standards is not \u201ca stultifying sameness.\u201d He also focused on the need for a wise implementation of the standards.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe vulgar implementation of anything can have a reductive and destructive effect,\u201d Coleman said. He said he wanted to celebrate the \u201cbeauties and distinctive values of a religious education\u201d in order to avoid a \u201cleveling quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the official site of the Common Core State Standards, the curriculum aims for high-quality academic standards in math and English language arts and literacy. The goals intend to outline student achievement by the end of each grade.<\/p>\n

\tThe Cardinal Newman Society is dedicated to a strong religious identity for Catholic schools. It is among the critics of Common Core education. Those concerned have questioned the quality of its recommended curriculum and its rapid implementation by many U.S. state legislatures.<\/p>\n

\tCommon Core also has strong backing from education policy influencers such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Obama administration, the National Governors\u2019 Association and the school superintendent leadership organization the Council of Chief State School Officers.<\/p>\n

\tDozens of Catholic dioceses have decided to implement the curriculum, as have most U.S. states. Some state laws also have an impact on religious schools\u2019 curriculum standards, such as rules for schools that receive tax vouchers.<\/p>\n

\tThe Cardinal Newman Society and like-minded parents and education experts have voiced concern that the Common Core curriculum could undermine the Catholic identity and liberal arts emphasis of many Catholic schools. They also worry the curriculum has a utilitarian emphasis on career preparation and college skills<\/p>\n

\tThe new SAT revision, to be launched in March 2016, is aligned with the Common Core.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tColeman said the SAT revision aims for a deeper educational value and is not geared exclusively towards a careerist education mindset.<\/p>\n

\tHe said the new revision includes a section that will focus on one of five \u201cfounding documents in the great conversation of human dignity and liberty that it inspires.\u201d These include the speeches of President Abraham Lincoln and civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n

\tBesides the Bible, these documents are a common reference point for \u201cthe conversation of human liberty and dignity,\u201d Coleman said. These texts help inspire a conversation that opens up \u201cso many domains of learning that might be closed to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tColeman also had advice for Catholic education.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDon\u2019t be in a defensive crouch. I say that to every group I talk to of religious educators,\u201d he said. \u201cI say, share what you do that is beautiful and distinctive. Don\u2019t just defend your right to exist. Be proud of what you have to offer, which is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tColeman has previously defended the religious freedom of Christian colleges. He told the Cardinal Newman society he is \u201ctrying to get people involved in secular education to take a much more serious look at the depth and beauty offered by religious education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe told the Cardinal Newman Society that there are strengths in religious schools not shared by other schools.<\/p>\n

\tColeman has addressed educators at the National Catholic Educational Association, and he will speak again to their annual convention next March in San Diego.<\/p>\n

\tThe NCEA received a $100,000 grant in 2013 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support teacher training and materials on common core implementation. The foundation has dedicated at least $160 million to the curriculum\u2019s development and promotion.<\/p>\n

\tColeman said his remarks to the Catholic educators\u2019 upcoming convention will not be about Common Core. They will be about \u201cthe distinctive and potentially widely valuable benefits of religious training and religious education.\u201d He told the Cardinal Newman Society he believes non-religious schools have \u201cmuch to learn\u201d from the best of religious schools.<\/p>\n

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