New York State Common Core Sample Questions : OSA : P-12

CCSS Sample Test Items Math and ELA Common Core Sample Test English language Arts (Reading) and Mathematics | Common Core practice test English language Arts (Reading) and Mathematics Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 The Common Core State Standards and PARCC\Smarter Balanced assessments are another part of the "Accountability Movement," that started over twenty year ago. The "Lowering of academic standards and expectations" in the US and “Dumbing down of the standards and curriculum” left many students unprepared for careers or college as critiques have argued. Common Core assessments are designed in part to redress this inequality! The question is, Are we putting the Ox before that cart? Most of the Common Core assessments follow the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Sample of State assessments that are similar to the Common Core Standards MCAS Practice released test for all grades ELA/Literacy Sample passages, items and rubrics