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There was no reason for the Common Core creators to write in a testing requirement since it was already required by NCLB. In fact, the Obama administration, which has never been an NCLB supporter, has deftly leveraged the punitive aspects of NCLB -- like all children must be proficient by 2014 -- to force states to adopt the Common Core standards. That and the cash are the only reasons the states got on their knees and voted in Common Core Standards-- which at the time most states voted, hadn't even been written yet.[/quote]

The Common Core creators did not write in a testing requirement.

As for states adopting the Common Core standards without knowing what was in them -- which states, specifically? The final standards were released in June 2010. But a first draft of college and career readiness standards was released for public comment in September 2009. A first draft of K-12 standards by grade was released in November 2009. A revised draft was released in January 2010. And a revised version was distributed to the states in February 2010. So any state (and again, which states?) that adopted the standards before June 2010 already had a pretty good idea what was in them.

As for "the Obama administration has deftly leveraged the punitive aspects of NCLB to force states to adopt the Common Core standards" -- please explain. The only action I know of is the denial of a NCLB waiver to Oklahoma, after Oklahoma decided to un-adopt the Common Core standards.

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