Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Common Core: Homeschoolers Face New Questions on College Admissions

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New information on Common Core “alignment” by the ACT, SAT, and even GED exams raises questions about the impact Common Core will have on private and homeschooled students and their ability to “opt out” of the federally incentivized standards if they want to apply for college.

David Coleman, new head of the College Board—which administers the SAT—said in an interview with Education Week that one of his top priorities is to align the SAT with the new standards. “The Common Core provides substantial opportunity to make the SAT even more reflective of what higher education wants.”

Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post reported in February that the College Board sent an e-mail to all members of the College Board stating, in part:

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2 comments:

  1. They want more gray, more propaganda and, by godless, no more NRA t-shirts.

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    1. Disgusting and the majority of Americans have no idea concerning this and probably could care less.

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