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Common Core Aligned GED Sees Fewer Participants, More Failures

April 2, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Associated Press reports that it was a rocky first year for the new Common Core-aligned GED test with fewer participants and more failures.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, GED

Common Core Dollars Destroy Opportunities for ADHD Kids

December 3, 2013 By Karen Schroeder

Corporations buying into the federal healthcare data system using huge profits made from creating federal tests aligned with Common Core are destroying opportunities for ADHD kids. The fears of many parents of ADHD kids will likely come true. Their child’s opportunities will be limited by an inanimate object created by a corporation that the parent […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ADHD, Common Core, GED, Pearson

Adult Educators Are Concerned About the Common Core as Well

March 21, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

A perspective we don’t often consider is how the Common Core impacts adult education, in particular those who are seeking their GED.  NPR reports how adult educators are concerned by the move to change the GED to incorporate the Common Core. “Rumor is that it’s going to be much harder,” says Dawn Grage, who has […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Adult Education, Common Core State Standards, GED

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