Heartland

Bureaucrats Try to Quash Common Core Test Opt Outs

Between March 25 and June 6, more than 4 million kids will sit for the trial run of national Common Core tests. Faced with a rise in parents who don’t want their kids taking these tests, state ...
Heartland

California Education Officials Won’t Use Common Core Test Scores to Rate Schools This Year

The California Board of Education (CBOE) has decided not use Common Core test scores in school performance assessments for the first year of testing. CBOE suspended the state’s Academic Performance ...
The Hour

Student test scores drop statewide, increases not expected in near future (with Norwalk chart)

NORWALK — With middling standardized test score data, education officials are saying the Common Core State Standards are causing growing pains in school districts across Connecticut. The data, results ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Legislature throws Common Core test out the window

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Missouri public school children spent untold hours this spring prepping for a new ...
The Advocate

Key vote on Common Core test results set for Oct. 13, would create 'level playing field,' John White says

A vote by Louisiana’s top school board on Oct. 13 will be crucial in ensuring that Common Core test results in Louisiana are comparable to scores in other states, state Superintendent of Education ...
Newsday

Common Core test problems spark additional complaints

Flaws in many students’ test booklets during the English language arts exam last week spurred complaints from frustrated school officials, who say the errors further undermine confidence in the Common ...