Donna Carlson was a nervous wreck before her Clinton Avenue School fourth-graders took the Common Core field test last year. She worried not that her students would fail at using the necessary online ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...