Having Rejected Common Tests, Alabama Opts for New ACT Exam
The move holds symbolic importance for the two federally funded assessment consortia, which are mindful of maintaining membership in order to stay viable. Read Full Post >
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April 15, 2013
March 22, 2013
Anti-Common-Core Effort Crops Up in Mich., Dies in Ala. Legislature
One state begins considering an anti-common-core bill, while another ends that debate. Read Full Post >
March 15, 2013
Common Core Rattles and Rolls in Nebraska, Kansas, Alabama
Nebraska, one of the few states that has not adopted the common standards, sends a signal that it could be reconsidering. Read Full Post >
March 13, 2013
Testing Consortium Reorganizes for Long-Term Survival
PARCC becomes a nonprofit to help it stay afloat after federal money runs out in 2014. Read Full Post >
March 05, 2013
Assessment Consortium Releases Testing Time Estimates
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers estimates that its tests will take 8 to 10 hours. Read Full Post >
January 17, 2013
Low-Performing Schools Could Skip Some State Tests, Under Va. Bill
Bills pending in other states show pressure to ratchet up rigor. Read Full Post >
January 10, 2013
'Dramatic' Increase in Reading Needed for Common Core, Guides Say
A new set of guidelines suggests that teachers need not cut back on literature to meet the "informational text" demands of the common core. Read Full Post >
November 20, 2012
Legislative Advocacy Group Rejects Anti-Common-Core Measure
ALEC,an influential advocacy group with a conservative bent, has decided to remain neutral on the common core. Read Full Post >
November 19, 2012
Framework—Not Common Standards—for Social Studies
States and professional organizations are creating a document intended to help states that wish to redesign their own standards in that subject. Read Full Post >
November 12, 2012
Indiana Superintendent's Defeat: What Role for Common Core?
Tony Bennett's defeat didn't have something to do with the common standards; It had everything to do with it, a Boston think tank argues. Read Full Post >
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