The Washington Post – Valerie Strauss
“At first glance, the assessments now being developed to accompany the Common Core standards do not appear to be much more than we already have, at least in terms of subject-matter covered and grade level. According to the organizations working on developing standards and tests (PARCC and SBEC), as is the case with NCLB there will be summative end-of-the-year tests in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school and these additions: Writing is added as a component of language arts, and voluntary interim testing will be offered through the academic year. There is reason to suspect there will be a lot more.”(more)