Forty-two states and the District of Columbia are now using the same math and English standards, but the tests they use to determine how well students have mastered them still vary significantly. One ...

Curious about the Common Core tests that have generated so much debate and so many low scores in recent months? Now you can check them out yourself. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for ...

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ALBANY -- The state Education Department on Wednesday released 75 percent of questions from last April's Common Core-based tests for students in third through eighth grades. The release of the tests ...

Yesterday, the New York state education department announced it was releasing 75 percent of the multiple-choice items from its 2016 common-core-aligned math and English/language arts tests, and that ...

LOS ANGELES - Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what ...

This fall is the first time many states will receive results from assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards. These assessments—developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium ...

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The dispute over the Common Core has spilled over to the testing meant to measure whether students are meeting the national standards. Two testing consortiums — the Smarter Balanced Assessment ...

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