As you noted, high stakes testing — using tests for student promotion, teacher evolution, and even school closure — has certainly increased the controversy surrounding the Common Core. (hechingerreport.org)
For example, districts could evaluate fairness in student promotion by analyzing whether minority students who have similar test scores as white students are less likely to be promoted. (ppic.org)
How do the results affect student promotion, teacher evaluation, and school accreditation? (pbs.org)