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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1-Obama made the common core standards and federal tests, as previously each state had different goals and even tests sometime.
2- each state can decide to implement or not, if implementing get some freebie fed dollars in the early years(oooooo!)
3- if accepting, each state plans its implementation (curriculum, training, test date starts, communication with citizens, etc. (this is where MoCo hired Pearsons)
4- enjoy the $hit&how.  Fed dollars continue if your AVERAGE test scores beat the threshold and increase from previous. [/quote]

1. No, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School made the Common Core standards. 
2. Yes, each state can decide to implement or not. (46 states plus DC have agreed to implement. Virginia, Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Alaska have not.) School districts can apply for grants through the federal Race to the Top program for educational initiatives, including implementation of the Common Core. The total 2013 Race to the Top funding, for the whole country, is $520 million. The MCPS annual budget is $2.2 billion. 
3. Yes, each state plans its own implementation.
4. I don't know what the PP is talking about.[/quote]

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