By John Mooney
Fairleigh Dickinson survey reveals New Jerseyans not knowledgeable about Common Core standards
Public support for teacher and school accountability in New Jersey may only go so far.
That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Public Mind, which last week released its findings on what residents think about the new national Common Core State Standards and how New Jersey teachers are to be evaluated.
The overall impression of Common Core was unimpressive, with only a third of those surveyed even knowing enough about it to have an impression.
Even more interesting was a general skepticism, if not opposition, to the idea of using standards-driven tests to both reward and punish teachers.
Crossing party lines and other key demographics, 78 percent of those polled were against the use of standardized tests for penalizing teachers, and only half supported their use in rewarding them.
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