My kids couldn't with any amount of CONFIDENCE add, subtract, multiply and divide until I taught them traditional algorithms-ONE way to mastery. Test scores mean nothing. How many of your "Meets or Exceeds Standards" kids were tutored clandestinely? Sylvan Learning Centers aren't in business for nothing. Reform math is (to quote MacBeth's famous soliloquy)"Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
My kids couldn't with any amount of CONFIDENCE add, subtract, multiply and divide until I taught them traditional algorithms-ONE way to mastery. Test scores mean nothing. How many of your "Meets or Exceeds Standards" kids were tutored clandestinely? Sylvan Learning Centers aren't in business for nothing. Reform math is (to quote MacBeth's famous soliloquy)"Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
cebdark 3 years ago