From the American News:
PIERRE - Math and science standards for all grade levels of South Dakota students score well with the American Federal of Teachers in a new report.
The organization said the standards clearly define what students are expected to learn in those subjects, but South Dakota standards for English and social studies need improvement.
Learning standards should be clear, specific and content-focused, AMT said, adding that the state's standards for math and science meet those criteria. It is important to clearly define the knowledge that students should gain in each subject and at each grade level, the group said.
South Dakota's English standards did not meet ATF criteria for any grade level. The state's social studies standards were judged well-written for middle schools and high schools, but flunked at the elementary level.
South Dakota was in a group of 14 states meeting 50 percent to 74 percent of ATF standards.
Stopping here serves my purposes. What is remarkable is not the content of the story; I'll leave discussion of that to others. Notice how many errors are made with what I presume is the American Federation of Teachers (not the American Federal of Teachers). The abbreviation is then wrong twice, with AMT and ATF substituting for AFT. I wasn't aware that Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was all that concerned with our schools or that our schools paid an Alternative Minimum Tax.
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