It will take only three more states to withdraw from PARCC national Common Core tests to jeopardize the group’s $186 million federal grant. On July 22, Georgia announced its withdrawal from the ...

New Hampshire-based company Measured Progress, which developed online Common Core tests used in Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota, has acknowledged a major glitch in the tests’ rollout. Technical ...

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — Nestled between mountains 60 miles from the nearest city, students at Cuyama Valley High School use Internet connections about one-tenth the minimum speed recommended for the ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal's long-awaited announcement of his plans to scuttle the Common Core academic standards in Louisiana set off a political scramble and procedural tug-of-war Wednesday. It left the ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal and some school districts want the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to call a special meeting to discuss how to handle students opting out of Common Core-aligned ...

ATLANTA -- Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. This "opt-out" ...

See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Student scores rose on Common Core tests, but focus might remain on number of students who didn't take the test. This year's release of ...

Superintendent Trisha Kocanda of Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois has written what could be called a “warning” letter to parents, community members and district staff about the PARCC Common Core ...

In this April 30, 2015 photo, students line up to take part in new Common Core-aligned standardized tests at the Cuyama Valley High School in New Cuyama, Calif. The Cuyama Joint Unified School ...