[Ray76]

> Common core is also a state level initiative

Follow the money. “Race To The Top”...

Just to scratch the surface...

http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/detail/the-road-to-a-national-curriculum-the-legal-aspects-of-the-common-core-standards-race-to-the-top-and-conditional-waivers

http://eagnews.org/the-real-history-of-common-core-black-helicopters-all-over-the-place/

[Ray76]

Follow the money

//

Race to the Top Assessment Program Review Guide
as of August 2011

In September 2010, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) funded two consortia of states to develop next-generation assessments through the Race to the Top Assessment (RTTA) program: the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC).

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-assessment/review-guide.pdf

//

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) believes that assessments should work as tools for enhancing teaching and learning. Assessments that are aligned with the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards help to ensure that every child is on a path to college and career readiness.

http://www.parcconline.org/assessments

//

Our assessment system, aligned to Common Core State Standards...

https://www.smarterbalanced.org/assessments/

//

If you want the money your state will adopt Common Core.