The latest national standards effort is intended to correct this practice and ensure high - quality standards across all 50 states. (jaypgreene.com)
Aided by a highly misleading New York Times article, the anti-Common Core crowd is pushing the narrative that Massachusetts's recent testing decision (to use a blend of PARCC and its own assessment rather than go with PARCC alone) spells the end for the common standards effort. (educationnext.org)
Ed Next bloggers Chester Finn, Jay Greene, and Mike Petrilli have argued about the Common Core standards effort here, here, here, and here. (educationnext.org)