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 ...

A vote by Louisiana’s top school board on Oct. 13 will be crucial in ensuring that Common Core test results in Louisiana are comparable to scores in other states, state Superintendent of Education ...

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 ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order asking the state school board to allow alternatives to the Common Core test it plans to use this spring. (Photo by Brianna Paciorka, NOLA.com | The ...

The California Board of Education (CBOE) has decided not use Common Core test scores in school performance assessments for the first year of testing. CBOE suspended the state’s Academic Performance ...

FREEPORT, Long Island (WABC) -- Some parents in one Long Island school district are furious after they say school officials are refusing to allow them to opt their children out of Common Core testing.

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 ...

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:06:27 GMT — A group of parents against the Common Core met on Tuesday night at Onondaga Community College to talk with other parents about refusing the testing. "I don't need a ...

Massachusetts' Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to develop its own standardized test by the spring of 2017, instead of adopting a federally funded Common Core Standards Initiative ...