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 ...

According to the calendar, it’s only two-thirds of the way through winter. But the spring testing season has begun. Tests in many states are being given earlier than they were last year, and that’s ...

Governor Bobby Jindal might be open to vetoing state school board regulations set up to help Louisiana purchase a new standardized assessment associated with Common Core. The governor has recently ...

Superintendent Trisha Kocanda of Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois has written what could be called a “warning” letter to parents, community members and district staff about the PARCC Common Core ...

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 ...

Flaws in many students’ test booklets during the English language arts exam last week spurred complaints from frustrated school officials, who say the errors further undermine confidence in the Common ...

Top officers of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education sent Governor Bobby Jindal a letter Thursday offering a proposed compromise amid the ongoing fight over Louisiana's involvement in ...

The Jindal administration has renewed charges that Common Core tests plans pushed by top state education leaders may be illegal. But an attorney for the state’s top school board Friday denounced the ...

One of the two-state consortia behind new, Common Core-aligned tests has released questions from its spring assessments. They're hard. At least, that was the rep on new tests aligned to the Common ...