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Patrick McGuinn

Drew University

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Patrick McGuinn

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Can High Standards and Accountability Co-Exist? Lessons From the Common Core Assessment Consortia

Ashley Jochim, Patrick McGuinn

The Common Core State Standards Initiative was designed to solve a problem that has plagued past standard-setting efforts. Many states responded to earlier efforts by watering down their standards for learning and lowering expectations for students in an attempt to artificially boost the number of students that reached proficiency.

  • Research Reports    

The Politics of the Common Core Assessments

Ashley Jochim, Patrick McGuinn

CRPE research analyst Ashley Jochim and Drew University associate professor Patrick McGuinn explore why states are abandoning the assessments aligned with Common Core State Standards.

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