BOSTON -- Common Core appeared in Massachusetts classrooms more than four years ago as schools began retraining teachers, buying new books and revising their curricula around the new national ...

Could you pass a Common Core English or Math exam? Students across the state are opting out of taking standardized testing. If you want to give it a shot, you can visit the Common Core website. But ...

BOSTON (AP-WWLP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that a referendum seeking to end the use of Common Core educational standards in the state cannot be included on the November ballot.

A great debate in education is swirling around whether or not students face too many standardized tests from local and state mandates. Several organized efforts have cropped up in recent years aiming ...

The Common Core debate rolls merrily along. It’s made the occasional appearance in the contest for the GOP nomination — popping up occasionally between new Trumpisms and debate postmortems — and as ...

Students may have already taken the first round of tests using new Common Core standards here in New York, but the debate over the new standardized tests is far from over. State Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, ...

The state Board of Education adopted the Common Core Standards for New Hampshire two years ago. Last week, Manchester school board members postponed a committee meeting at which Common Core would be ...