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Superintendents, but not teachers, give high grades to Common Core rollout
Most California teachers, principals and superintendents view the Common Core as more rigorous and more relevant to students than the previous state standards but disagree over how well the Common Core has been implemented, researchers from the nonprofit education agency WestEd have concluded. EdSource, by John Fensterwald

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