December 2, 2013

Chicago, IL –With its adoption by over 40 states, the Common Core has become a de facto national assessment standard. In 2014, all Chicago students, both public and private, will take a Common Core compliant assessment. That means that both mandated public school spring assessments, the ISAT (given in early March) and the MAP/NWEA (given in late April) will be Common Core compliant. In addition the major assessment tests administered in the private school system (Terra Nova, Stanford, and Iowa) will also be Common Core compliant. Even though Common Core compliance has not been made mandatory for private schools, its predominance in the public sector has led to its adoption by the major test publishers that serve the private school community.

SelectivePrep has identified four major impacts of the 2014 transition to Common Core compliance. Click here71.74 KB tomore.