PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island is four-and-a-half years into the Common Core experiment, but the state’s parents, teachers and lawmakers are still in the dark about how the nationalized learning standards will affect students and how much the education overhaul will cost taxpayers.

That’s because the powerful groups and individuals behind Common Core jammed the new standards into place before anyone could evaluate them.

Common Core proponents may claim the education overhaul is a done deal, but state Rep. Gregg Amore doesn’t agree. The Democratic lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent Rhode Island schools from giving the new, Common Core-aligned standardized tests to students until a 20-member task force completes a thorough investigation of the new, one-size-fits-all math and English standards.

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In a press release, Amore notes that the neither the Common Core learning standards nor the compatible standardized test – known as the PARCC exam – have been “properly vetted or validated.”

“Until we have all the facts in front of us and know what we’re getting ourselves into, we should not be holding anyone accountable through this system. No one has a clear picture of how much the Common Core objectives will cost our districts overall,” Amore says.

“Furthermore, instruction is going to be driven by the PARCC exam, which like the (current state standardized test) is going to determine a student’s graduation eligibility. Out of fairness, the right thing to do here is to delay the test until the task force can vet these new requirements and work together with the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) to help the public understand what’s going to happen next year.”

Amore’s proposed 20-member task force would, among other things, inform Rhode Island residents about the steps the state has already taken (and plans to take) to implement Common Core, provide a comparison of the new standards to the state’s previous learning requirements, and produce an estimate of the full costs school districts face to implement Common Core.

“The task force would also be charged with evaluating the issue of student and family personal data mining and the right to students’ privacy. Members of the panel would consider data related to learning disabilities, student behavior, political affiliation, religious affiliation and medical history,” the press release adds.

If Amore’s proposed task force gets the green light from his fellow lawmakers – and is signed into law by Gov. Lincoln Chafee – it would have “exactly one year” to investigate Common Core and produce a final report to the governor and state lawmakers.

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Once the report is submitted, Rhode Island schools would presumably begin administering the Common Core-aligned tests to students, at least until state lawmakers take additional steps to extricate the Ocean State from the either the PARCC test or the standards themselves.

“What I’m hoping to do is slow down the process,” Amore says in the press release. “The upheaval of your entire public education system is not something to be rushed in any way. Pushing through objectives without the proper support or input will only hurt students in the end.”