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Officers: Heather Ann Fiorica, President Anna Lembersky, 1stVice President Joyce Finger, 2ndVice President

Linda Dalton, Recording ecretary Randi !aray, "reas#rer

Members: $#neer Ab#alro#b $ohammad Akram ean %hin $aria Di !ra&iano '(oketing )ng )*angelean P#gh

RESOLUTION APPROVED AND ADOPTED JANUYARY 15TH, 2014

RESOLUTION TO RE-EVALUATE THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS IN NEW YORK

STATE

+H)R)A, the e- (ork tate %ommon %ore Learning tandards .%%L/ ha*e been #nsatis0actorily

imlemented in #blic schools and

+H)R)A, the %omm#nity )d#cation %o#ncil District 21 is in s#ort o0 the higher ed#cation standards and

3#ality o0 ed#cation, b#t not at the e4ense o0 st#dents, arents and teachers and

+H)R)A, the %omm#nity )d#cation %o#ncil District 21 s#ggests that the higher ed#cation standards and

3#ality o0 ed#cation may be achie*ed -ith the roer imlementation o0 %%L and

+H)R)A, %%L are internationally5benchmarked and e*idence5based standards that ser*e as a consistent seto0 e4ectations 0or -hat st#dents sho#ld learn and be able to do to be college and career ready and

+H)R)A, %%L created the 0ollo-ing shi0ts in )nglish Lang#age Arts6Literacy: in balancing in0ormationaand literary te4ts, kno-ledge in the discilines, staircase o0 comle4ity, te4t5based ans-ers, -riting 0rom

so#rces and academic *ocab#lary7 %%L created the 0ollo-ing shi0ts in $athematics: 0oc#s, coherence

0l#ency, dee #nderstanding, alication and d#al intensity7 Pro0essionals -ere not roerly trained in

rearation 0or s#ch shi0ts and

+H)R)A, %%L -ere imlemented rior to ro*iding the necessary tools and training s#ort 0or s#ccess0#l

imlementation and

+H)R)A, -hile %%L correctly allo- 0or teacher 0le4ibility on howto hel st#dents meet standards, the

state and city ha*e incorrectly 0ailed to ro*ide teachers -ith materials abo#t what to teach 8 in other -ordsteachers ha*e not been ro*ided -ith the 0#ll c#rric#la and

+H)R)A, %%L -ere introd#ced into o#r schools -ith *irt#ally no tho#ght abo#t the imact these standards-o#ld ha*e on st#dents -ho -ere already str#ggling at le*els belo- ro0iciency even before the %%L, and

abo*e all, introd#ced -itho#t consideration o0 the imact they -o#ld ha*e on st#dents -ith an indi*id#ali&eded#cational rogram .9)P/ and )nglish lang#age learners .)LL/ and

+H)R)A, %%L testing as it relates to -ord roblems in math 0alsely ass#mes )nglish reading

comrehension readiness7 %%L do not take into consideration that )nglish Lang#age Learners and6or children

-ith 9)Ps scores -ill most likely s#00er e*en i0 st#dents are e4cellent at the n#merical roblems and

+H)R)A, schools and teachers ha*e not had s#00icient time, training, and s#ort to ins#re that st#dents

needs are met and

+H)R)A, %%L incl#des materials that are not age and de*elomentally aroriate materials and

Community Education Council District 21

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