Some of the Topics Deemed Too ‘Sensitive’ for the Common Core Exam Will Probably Surprise — and Confuse — You
By Fred Lucas
Common Core itself may be one of the few divisive issues that it’s OK to talk about on a Common Core test.
Topics that are out? Abortion, slavery, gun control and climate change, as well as a few other head-scratching ones, including “couples social dancing” and “pregnancy of human beings,” the Washington Post reported.
As the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s Common Core standardized tests are being administered in schools across the country, the Post examined the consortium’s 2012 Bias and Sensitivity Guidelines.
“Certain topics are extremely controversial, upsetting, inflammatory, and often judged by parents and communities to be inappropriate …read more
Via:: The Blaze
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