Sentences with phrase «national consortiums designing»

With Pence's support, it becomes more likely Indiana will become the first to leave the Common Core initiative, though many others have taken a step back from national consortiums designing new tests aligned to the standards.

(R.I.) Rhode Island will become the latest in a growing list of states to drop its national consortium designed assessment in favor of using a college - readiness exam to meet federal accountability requirements, education officials announced last week.

Indiana plans to withdraw from PARCC, one of two national consortia designing standardized tests to align to the Common Core.

By contrast, while Pence hasn't advocated for exiting the initiative, he did pull the state out of a national consortium designing new standardized tests.

Partnering with other states that have left the national consortia designing new tests would certainly be more cost effective than Indiana designing its own exam.

Not exact matches

With an increasing number of states opting out of the two national testing consortia, there's a possibility they could band together to design a test instead of going it alone.

A new national Holocaust memorial next to parliament will be designed by a team led by Sir David Adjaye after a competition that attracted entries from some of the world's leading architecture and design consortiums.