More than a million students across the country have traded their No. 2 pencils, test booklets, and bubble sheets for computing devices to participate in a pilot of math and English/language arts ...

At least, that was the rep on new tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards that millions of U.S. kids took last spring. Now you can be the judge. There are now a slew of actual math and ...

The California Board of Education (CBOE) has decided not use Common Core test scores in school performance assessments for the first year of testing. CBOE suspended the state’s Academic Performance ...

According to the calendar, it’s only two-thirds of the way through winter. But the spring testing season has begun. Tests in many states are being given earlier than they were last year, and that’s ...

Pierre the Pelican "checks his answers" against Pelicans center Jason Smith as they answer sample questions from a new Common Core test on Friday, March 7, 2014. (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The ...

Check your answers ... like Pierre the Pelican ... and tell us what you think of the Common Core now. (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Two weeks, 10 questions and two failed Louisiana ...

Here’s a new twist on test prep: Get rid of midterms and finals (tests presumably made by teachers). Say that you are doing it to find more “instructional time.” Then use that “instructional time” to ...

Flaws in many students’ test booklets during the English language arts exam last week spurred complaints from frustrated school officials, who say the errors further undermine confidence in the Common ...

Superintendent Trisha Kocanda of Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois has written what could be called a “warning” letter to parents, community members and district staff about the PARCC Common Core ...

One of the two-state consortia behind new, Common Core-aligned tests has released questions from its spring assessments. They're hard. At least, that was the rep on new tests aligned to the Common ...