Common Core

Michael J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and an executive editor at Education Next, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the Common Core State Standards Initiative and why there is still time to see positive results from the shift to national standards.

Results from the 2019 Education Next Poll

The relatively close alignment between state and national assessments represents a major improvement from 2009 when the Common Core initiative began.

For the general public, opposition to the Common Core has more than tripled, from 13% in 2013 to 42% in 2016.

Far fewer support “Common Core.”