Blog Arizona Ditches Common Core Testing Consortium Share This Post Education / Government / National News Arizona Ditches Common Core Testing Consortium By redkudzu_admin on May 30th 2014 No Comments / 149 views BLAKE NEFF Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Friday that her state is pulling out of a multi-state consortium that is designing a national test that applies new Common Core education standards. Arizona was an early governing member of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, bu Brewer’s office announced that effective June 8 the state would be disassociating itself. PARCC is one of two major constortia that is trying to create a common test for states that have adopted Common Core national education standards. With Arizona’s withdrawal, 15 states and the District of Columbia are members, though only nine are firmly committed to using PARCC’s tests. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math? January 3rd 2017 Diane Ravitch’s blog November 10th 2014 Digital Badges for Learning February 21st 2015