What do you oppose in the Common Core? Sure, they might make it easier to develop widely used standardized tests, but the assessment of the Common Core is not

What do you oppose in the Common Core? Sure, they might make it easier to develop widely used standardized tests, but the assessment of the Common Core is not the Common Core. Teaching students to be successful with Common Core mathematics doesn't necessarily mean teaching them to pass tests. But the Common Core does ask students to engage with math at a higher level of thinking than did most of the state standards that preceded it. Common Core is actually pretty well thought out--at least the K-8 portion is. Designing a curriculum around a set of standards does not have to be "teaching to the test" and a cursory reading of the CCSS makes it clear that the answer to questions like "Why is this important?" or "Why should we do it this way?" should never be "Because the test says so." Students should "construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others." How does this kill independent thought?