On Tuesday night, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proposed removing state funding for tests tied to Common Core State Standards, the so-called “Smarter Balanced” test public school students are slated to ...

Wednesday was day two of the controversial Common Core testing in schools and thousands of Long Island students are opting out. According to Long Island Opt-Out Facebook page, more than 17,000 ...

It’s been almost a year since Indiana and Pennsylvania officially withdrew from national Common Core tests, but the testing organization still lists the two states as members on its Web site. “They’ve ...

Earlier this week, Common Core took another blow when the Gates Foundation’s education chief, Vicki Phillips, urged states to wait two years before using Common Core tests to make decisions about ...

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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 ...

The Common Core has been in the news quite a bit of late. Conservatives have attacked it as a “Nanny State racket,” while liberals denounced Common Core test results as “bunk” (Gewertz, 2013b). This ...

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” ...