No, #CommonCore hasn't been shown to work. Indeed, the latest NAEP suggests the opposite https://t.co/ZCVH9yPCNp via @CatoInstitute
— Neal McCluskey (@NealMcCluskey) April 28, 2016
...Not only has there been no meaningful evidence of the Core’s effectiveness, but right after I read Holtz-Eakins’ piece I saw that the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress scores had come out – indeed, for the very 12th grade students on the verge of college – and they had dropped in both reading and math between 2013 and 2015, and some dropped going back to 2009. This was, of course, as Common Core was being implemented nationwide. And not only did aggregate scores drop, but also scores for numerous racial and ethnic groups....
