Common core update

Regarding the Common Core, David L. Kirp writes:

"Many teachers like the standards, because they invite creativity in the classroom — instead of memorization, the Common Core emphasizes critical thinking and problem-solving. But they complain that test prep and test-taking eat away weeks of class time that would be better focused on learning.

A Gallup poll found that while 76 percent of teachers favored nationwide academic standards for reading, writing and math, only 27 percent supported using tests to gauge students’ performance, and 9 percent favored making test scores a basis for evaluating teachers."

It would appear then that the "rage against the Common Core" is not so much a rage against nation-wide standards, as it is an opposition to the extensive testing--and all the consequences that come with it (e.g. incentives to teach to exams, teacher evaluation, significant consequences for students, etc.)--that has accompanied its implementation.