Common Core Testing is Actually Making Students Cry

Back on May 5, I wrote a blog about how 500 Connecticut teachers trekked up to Hartford to rally against the Common Core curriculum standards. Check my blog out right here.

A new survey put together by the Connecticut Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union, tells us that the testing linked to the Common Core is making some students break down in tears.

A large percentage of teachers don't like the Common Core Curriculum saying that it's putting student's emotional well-being and learning time at risk. One Danbury teacher told the CEA that she had a student who's performing below grade level who was crying hysterically on her second practice test because she wasn't able to understand the questions.

The results of a survey given to thousands of teachers showed that 9 out of 10 agreed that preparing for the new tests take valuable time away from teaching and learning.

The test were given this spring to third graders through eighth graders and eleventh graders. It takes seven hours to administer these tests over several days and teachers say they take even longer to prepare for!

CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg said that it's wrong for the students and it's time to make a change.

Kevin Haddad, a fourth grade teacher at Kings Intermediate School in Danbury said it was absolutely heartbreaking to see the students struggle so much. More than 1,140 teachers in kindergarten through twelfth grade took part in the online survey earlier this month.

Could someone please tell me why the United States can't seem to get it together to make education work for our kids?!