The Advocate – Will Sentell
“About 320,000 public school students will start taking the long-debated Common Core tests Monday amid still more controversy about whether they should be able to avoid the exams without any penalties. Students in grades three through eight will grapple with questions in reading, writing and math for about 90 minutes per day for five days. The results are expected in October. Louisiana students then will be compared to those in 10 other states and the District of Columbia that are part of the same testing consortium, called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. But like most issues linked to Common Core, the test launch involves arguments that are also raging in other states.”(more)