Thanks goodness VA is not a part of Common Core. If we were, I’d have to seriously rethink a lot of what I do and where I teach.
And you are right, it IS nonsense.
That’s what I thought. Especially considering how English (reading and spelling) and Math are taught here. Little Miss absolutely hated the “drill and kill” in elementary school, but now that she is taking geometry in 9th grade, understands why it was so important.