That's an incorrect slag on Common Core. It is true that standardized tests would put pressure to ignore this sort of "enrichment" material, but that's a (Pear

That's an incorrect slag on Common Core. It is true that standardized tests would put pressure to ignore this sort of "enrichment" material, but that's a (Pearson) test problem and a (unfairly constrainted) teacher problem, not a Common Core problem. Put another way: If a student is exceeding the test standards, there is time to branch out to enrichment topics. If a student is not passing the basic arithmetic standards of the standardized tests, it's open for debate how to reach a passing level, or if it is appropriate to engage in a major alternative curriculum.