The slogan of the Common Core is «fewer, higher, deeper» — a smaller number of more rigorous standards with a focus on both understanding and application. (npr.org)
The state begins another era this spring, with a new set of statewide assessments aligned with Common Core, a national effort to establish more rigorous standards for what students should know. (apluscolorado.org)
Those expectations require schools to adopt more rigorous standards. (nassp.org)