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On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core standards held their last meeting. All indications over the prior fourteen months of meetings pointed to substantial changes being recommended.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Wednesday marked the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. How did you celebrate?
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the Common Core state standards for K-12 were rolled out in 2009, few foresaw the impact on higher education. Alarms about the takeover of the entire educational system with the new national standards and tests in math and English language arts were often dismissed.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The NC General Assembly should create two permanent commissions that would be charged with raising the quality and rigor of state English Language Arts and mathematics standards, curricula, and assessments.
Published: Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the New Year launches, disquiet over Common Core testing is building. States from Kentucky to New York to North Carolina have posted abysmal scores on early tests aligned with the math and English language-arts standards adopted by 45 states.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language Arts (ELA) standards appears divided.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Common Core is a national effort, powered by private interests and the federal government, to impose untested academic content standards for English language arts and mathematics on all K-12 public schools across the nation.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 6:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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