Wisconsin students are set to take a new kind of standardized test next month — one that is online, interactive and expected to be more rigorous than the annual pencil-and-paper exam given to students ...

Missouri public school children spent untold hours this spring prepping for a new computer-based standardized test. It required written essays, details to back up answers, and raised concerns that ...

I took mock exams of New York's math and English language arts yesterday and all I could think was, 'I'm so glad I'm out of high school.' Later, I realized I was being tested on the fifth grade Common ...

After being criticized for an alleged lack of transparency, the state Education Department plans to release a larger portion of this year’s Common Core-based exams in July. About 25 percent of last ...

This is a sample 6th grade performance task for the common-core math assessment being developed by Smarter Balanced testing consortium. This is a sample 6th grade performance task for the common-core ...

The state today said it has publicly released about half of the questions used on math and English exams given to third- through eighth-graders last spring. The state Education Department said it made ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal is seeking to derail Louisiana's use of standardized tests tied to the Common Core education standards through executive order and contract suspensions. In a series of back and forth ...

Without access to the questions, it is nearly impossible to use the tests to help improve student learning,” the letter states.In short, the PARCC tests seem designed to fail students. Ms. Fougner ...

Common Core supporters say the new tests are giving parents and policymakers a more honest view of whether students are adequately prepared for college and careers after high school. Compared with the ...

New York students posted their most substantial gains yet under the Common Core Learning Standards, with data released Friday showing improvement in both reading and math. The percentage of students ...

See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Student scores rose on Common Core tests, but focus might remain on number of students who didn't take the test. This year's release of ...

The latest battle over the Common Core was fought Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee, where Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, presented a bill that would remove Arkansas not from the Common Core, ...