1. 1 Please Don’t Throw Out the Core Cooper and Josie’s Mom

2. 2 Please Don’t Throw Out the Core By Cooper and Josie’s Mom

3. 3 “Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.” Cooper – 3 rd Grade

4. 4 Josie – 2 nd Grade

5. 5 (at my day (and sometimes late evening) job) Exploring Alternative Solutions Understanding Business Problems Documenting Solutions Communicating Solutions Equations & Statistical Stuff My Time

6. 6 Too LOW!!!Too HIGH!!!

7. 7 The Myth of the Average

8. 8 Stop Moving the Targets

9. 9 Tests, Teachers & Statistics

10. 10 Budget Bribe ? 2 Cents on Federal Control

11. 11 Our Teachers, Our School Mrs. Trulove Mrs. Collins

12. 12 From a Small Seed…

13. 13 A Mighty Tree May Grow

14. 14 Cooper and Josie attend King Springs Elementary School Their mommy, Jo Claire Mitchell is a Georgia grown statistician (Walton High School, KSU, M.S. Statistics GA TECH) and retail software consultant. Previous roles: Director Product Strategy (Oracle Retail Forecasting & Analytic Solutions), Analytic Consulting Manager, and most exciting…Staff Scientist

15. 15 Slide 3: CC Standard and Surveys CC Standard: (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8) http://educationnext.org/2014-ednext-poll-no-common-opinion-on-the-common-core/ http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=196fcc85-d1bc-4da9-b4be-4344a384d33d&c=26 Slide 5: Georgia Information Technology http://www.georgia.org/industries/information-technology/ Slide 7: The myth of the average http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmyttcfU4 ) Appendix Type Content

16. 16 Slide 8: Testing Reports and Statistics on States and Schools http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Ensuring_Fair_and_Reliable_Measures_Practitio ner_Brief.pdf http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG14_01_NotJust.pdf http://places.findthebest.com/compare/7-42/Georgia-vs-Massachusetts http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/09/marriage-americas-greatest-weapon- against-child-poverty Slide 10 : My 2 Cents on Federal Control Cobb County Annual Education Budget, roughly in billions and estimated contribution of Common Core Related Race to Top funding. Based percent of Race to Top qualifying criteria that was related to standards; percent of Cobb Budget from state; annual State Funds from Race to Top Money; Annual state funds contributed to education. More Appendix Type Content ( Funds actually vary by district. I estimated what I could with information I had.)