The Washington Post – Valerie Strauss
“The Common Core State Standards now being implemented in most states and the District of Columbia will soon be accompanied by new standardized tests…Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said repeatedly that he expects these exams, due to be rolled out in 2014-15, to go beyond the familiar multiple-choice standardized tests students have been forced to take for more than a decade and to be an “absolute game-changer in public education.” Is he right? Not so much.” (more)