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new york

Common Core tests given failing grades by NY teachers

This is the season for standardized test-taking in public schools and that has led to a resurgence in the sometimes anguished debate over Common Core education standards for math and English. Last week in New York state, students took Common Core English-language arts tests developed by Pearson, a U.K.

Maura Healey

Pearson exec slams opponents of Common Core as supporters head to court to prevent Mass. vote

A video in which a former textbook publishing executive defends the controversial federal Common Core educational standards and says that its creators aim to marginalize teachings of America's founding principles became public last week, just days before Common Core supporters filed suit in Massachusetts court to stop voters