The Common Core standards are math and English benchmarks describing what students should know after completing each grade. They were developed by states to allow comparison of students’ performance.

Pay for the most common state worker positions in Sacramento County has not kept up with inflation, leaving tens of thousands of local workers effectively making less than they were a few years ago, ...

Implementing the Common Core State Standards brought major changes to assessments, instruction, and curriculum that most district officials consider beneficial. The Common Core was far from the only ...

Forty-eight states have joined a national effort to adopt common academic standards in mathematics and language arts. Lending momentum to that work, which is being led by the National Governors ...

The push for common state standards in reading and math got a high-profile boost today as organizations representing governors and state education chiefs formally put their weight behind the goal of ...