WHEREAS,
the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic standards,
promoted and supported by two private membership organizations, the National
Governor's Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers
(CCSSO) as a method for conforming American students to uniform ("one size
fits all") achievement goals to make them more competitive in a global
marketplace, (1.) and
WHEREAS,
the NGA and the CCSSO, received tens of millions of dollars from private third
parties to advocate for and develop the CCSS strategy, subsequently created the
CCSS through a process that was not subject to any freedom of information acts
or other sunshine laws, and never piloted the CCSS, and
WHEREAS,
even though Federal Law prohibits the federalizing of curriculum (2.), the
Obama Administration accepted the CCSS plan and used 2009 Stimulus Bill money
to reward the states that were most committed to the president's CCSS agenda;
but, they failed to give states, their legislatures and their citizens time to
evaluate the CCSS before having to commit to them, and
WHEREAS,
the NGA and CCSSO in concert with the same corporations developing the CCSS
'assessments' have created new textbooks, digital media and other teaching
materials aligned to the standards which must be purchased and adopted
by local school districts in order that students may effectively compete on
CCSS 'assessments', and
WHEREAS,
the CCSS program includes federally funded testing and the collection and
sharing of massive amounts of personal student and teacher data, and
WHEREAS,
the CCSS effectively removes educational choice and competition since all
schools and all districts must use Common Core 'assessments' based on the
Common Core standards to allow all students to advance in the school system
and to advance to higher education pursuits; therefore be it
RESOLVED,
the Republican National Committee, as stated in the 2012 Republican Party
Platform, "do not believe in a one size fits all approach to education and
support providing broad education choices to parents and children at the State
and local level," (p35)(3.), which is best based on a free market approach
to education for students to achieve individual excellence; and, be it further
RESOLVED,
the Republican National Committee recognizes the CCSS for what it is-- an
inappropriate overreach to standardize and control the education of our
children so they will conform to a preconceived "normal," and, be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Republican National Committee rejects the collection of personal
student data for any non-educational purpose without the prior written consent
of an adult student or a child student's parent and that it rejects the sharing
of such personal data, without the prior written consent of an adult student or
a child student's parent, with any person or entity other
than schools or education agencies within the state, and be it finally
RESOLVED,
the 2012 Republican Party Platform specifically states the need to repeal the
numerous federal regulations which interfere with State and local control of
public schools, (p36) (3.); and therefore, the Republican National Committee
rejects this CCSS plan which creates and fits the country with
a nationwide straitjacket on academic freedom and achievement.
Source:
Republican National Committee website. Approved 4/12/13 by the RNC
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