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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]In 2010, the Virginia state board plainly objected: "The Board of Education is committed to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) program and opposed to adoption of the newly developed Common Core State Standards as a prerequisite for participation in federal competitive grant and entitlement programs." [b]But the state's own side-by-side evaluation of English standards finds the state mostly aligns with the Common Core anyway: "While the organization and learning progressions are not necessarily identical, the overall content from both is generally aligned[/b]."[/quote]

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/11/unlike_alabama_these_five_stat.html

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Thanks. Someone turned me onto the VA SBOE 2010 press release about this, which included all the reasons states. It also said that to adopt Common Core, states have to agree to word-for-word adoption. States that have adopted Common Core in this way receive additional federal funding. VA has turned down this funding to maintain flexibility in setting their own standards and picking and choosing whay they want from Common Core. Seems like a sensible and responsible approach. [/quote]

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