You REALLY, REALLY ought to understand the damage that Common Core could do to our students and our country------Common Core Even Affects Letter Grades

Common Core Even Affects Letter Grades | Heartlander Magazine:
"National curriculum mandates are influencing schools across the country in myriad ways, big and small.
One not-so-obvious change is that Common Core standards can influence how teachers grade student work."
...New quarterly report cards were initially eight pages long, but the committee pared that down to one double-sided page.
Now K-8 students are graded M for mastery, P for progression, and L for learning.
“Kids were more excited when I told them they got an A-plus, or a B.
They know that’s pretty good,” Happel said.
“But when you give them a P or M they don’t know what that means.”