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Common Core State Standards began as a state-initiated effort to build consistent K-12 standards throughout the country.
Though Common Core started as a bipartisan effort, the standards have evolved into a battleground issue for a sizeable portion of the country and could even become an issue in the 2016 presidential election.
Concerns ranging from the power of school districts to make independent choices to the quality of the standards have created firestorms in some jurisdictions.
Some states that originally adopted Common Core standards have lost their appetite for the new rules and either voted to make modifications or left the standards altogether.
States are in varying phases of the process with many implementing tests for the standards this school year. Here is some help in figuring out what you need to know.
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source: Newsnet5.com
