Florida may still use national Common Core tests even though Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order on Sept. 23 limiting the state’s involvement with them. Scott raised concerns about Florida’s use ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. MIAMI, FL — When Gov. Rick Scott announced last week he was pulling Florida out of a multi-state consortium working to create ...

As Alabama legislators tabled a bill to withdraw from Common Core national standards, its department of education is adopting related tests and attempting to convince legislators and voters to keep ...

One in six New York students opted out of federally-mandated math or English Language Arts tests this spring. New data sheds light on which types of students opted out of those tests aligned with the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There is some good news for the most expensive public school system in the country, as New York City school kids have improved on Common Core tests for the second year in a row.

While about 320,000 public school students will take Common Core tests starting Monday, they will also face a second round of the exams May 4-8, state officials said Wednesday. The second phase, like ...

Neighboring Mississippi is also having problems with Common Core testing contracts, a local paper reports. (Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) The state Education Department wants to ...

Later this month, students across the state will sharpen their pencils and sweat out more difficult standardized tests driven by a national goal to increase student achievement and readiness. That the ...

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.

Wednesday was day two of the controversial Common Core testing in schools and thousands of Long Island students are opting out. According to Long Island Opt-Out Facebook page, more than 17,000 ...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Computer glitches have stalled on-line tests tied to Common Core across Montana. Testing started March 30 after an eight-day delay because of the problems, then the system crashed ...

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 ...