Education News – Julia Lawrence
“…many states have already begun the process of putting Common Core into place with the completion date estimated to be the 2014 academic year…Some states are not waiting until then; New York and Kentucky have already administered CCS-compliant exams to their students. In New York, teachers, parents and students complained that the tests were poorly designed, covered material that had not been taught and frustrated children to the point of tears…New York intends to use the test results in decisions about student grade promotion, teacher job evaluations and school closings.”(more)