Spring is coming.

For most people, spring means trees and flowers and chirping birds [Ed. Bonus point for you if you immediately recognize the reference.]  For children in school, spring also means the impending arrival of state-mandated tests.

When the English Language Arts and Math test scores for New York came out last August, many people were shocked by the dramatic drop in pass rates for many schools across the state.   This drop was the largely attributed to the decision to align test results with Common Core standards.

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