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 ...

Even as states begin administering new tests aligned with the Common Core State Standards, they are ramping up efforts to eliminate or minimize public backlash when the scores—widely expected to be ...

Between March 25 and June 6, more than 4 million kids will sit for the trial run of national Common Core tests. Faced with a rise in parents who don’t want their kids taking these tests, state ...

About 20 percent of New York's third- through eighth-graders refused to take the statewide English and math tests given in the spring, the state's education chief said, acknowledging the opt-outs ...

In a new twist to a lengthy debate, 17 state House members sent a letter Friday to Gov. Bobby Jindal that says he has another avenue to kill plans for Common Core testing. The letter, which was signed ...

Neighboring Mississippi is also having problems with Common Core testing contracts, a local paper reports. (Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) The state Education Department wants to ...