[burkemw3]

Deidre Austen responded [0] to the original post that the standard being assessed is "find whole number quotients of whole numbers with up to 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisors using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models."

Considering that this school has has chosen a reform (or non-standard) division approach to achieve this standard, instead of using regular long division, shows to me that curriculum managers do have options for ways to achieve the standards.

(Hopefully, this Facebook link works correctly)

[0] https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/photos/a.51705718172038...

[ahsanhilal]

Exactly teachers have a lot of leeway in how they want to teach something. The most common reasons for failure are that the teacher does not understand exactly what she is teaching. That is a failure of the district and school in not recognizing that the teacher is not well-trained to teach the subject matter.