{"id":30298,"date":"2019-05-30T07:01:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T13:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=30298"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:50:43","slug":"federally-funded-study-common-core-sunk-u-s-kids-test-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/federally-funded-study-common-core-sunk-u-s-kids-test-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"Federally Funded Study: Common Core Sunk U.S. Kids\u2019 Test Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/fb-bk-cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30299\" width=\"359\" height=\"309\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LTRP Note: <\/strong>The following is posted for informational and research purposes. In 2013, Lighthouse Trails released Berit Kjos&#8217; booklet titled<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=13825\"><em> A \u201cCommon Core\u201d For a Global Community.<\/em><\/a> If your child, or a child you know, is in a public school, he or she is almost for sure being affected by Common Core in more ways than one as Kjos&#8217; booklet and this article below shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Joy Pullman<br \/><em>The Federalist<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers the Obama administration funded to assist Common Core\u2019s rollout <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190702223649\/https:\/\/www.c-sail.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Effects%20of%20CCR%20standards%20on%20stu%20achievement_4-2019_AERA%20DRFAT.pdf\">recently found<\/a>, to their surprise, that under Common Core U.S. student achievement has sunk (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230401111559\/https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/22\/izumi-common-core\/\">h\/t Lance Izumi<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cContrary to our expectation, we found that [Common Core] had&nbsp;significant negative effects on&nbsp;4th&nbsp;graders\u2019 reading achievement during the 7 years after the adoption of the new standards, and had a significant negative effect on 8th&nbsp;graders\u2019 math&nbsp;achievement 7 years after adoption&nbsp;based on analyses of NAEP composite scores,\u201d the&nbsp;Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction and Learning (C-SAIL) preliminary study said.<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/05\/30\/federally-funded-study-common-core-sunk-u-s-kids-test-scores\/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&amp;utm_campaign=32a1fe3f27-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-32a1fe3f27-84065039\"> Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTRP Note: The following is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":30299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2873,2053,17],"tags":[48,106,2914,541,731,1174,1973,2599],"class_list":["post-30298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-world-religion","category-education-children-at-risk","category-children-at-risk","tag-obama","tag-government","tag-children-at-risk","tag-berit-kjos","tag-united-nations","tag-public-schools","tag-common-core","tag-indoctrination","wpcat-2873-id","wpcat-2053-id","wpcat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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