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 ...

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 ...

State-mandated tests must by state law be based on a state’s official standards. That is why the tests currently given in the Bay State (aka MCAS 2.0) are aligned to Common Core. MCAS 2.0 tests are ...

TWIN FALLS | Twin Falls students will spend more time reading and writing this school year — even in subjects such as physical education. Students headed back to class Thursday and school officials ...

After months of battles in the Legislature, courts and school boards, Louisiana public school students are in final preparations for the initial round of tests on Common Core. About 300,000 students ...

Editor's note: In January, the Norwalk Public Schools' Curriculum Committee met for the first time in two years. Board of Education and Curriculum Committee member Mike Lyons said the committee is ...