Photo courtesy of IowaPolitics.com | Fred Lucas | The Blaze The state of Iowa will be withdrawing from a multi-state testing consortium to help states fully implement testing for the Common Core State Standards, the Associated Press reported. Iowa had implemented much of Common Core into its “Iowa Core” education standards, working with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium on assessments to measure students’ progress. Iowa is not going as far as other states that have repealed the standards outright, only terminating its membership in the consortium. - Read More |