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Massachusetts will test the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test, which will eventually replace the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems, in 2014.

Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White has announced the winners of the Believe and Succeed grants intended to transform struggling schools.

The cost to administer the Common Core-aligned tests in math and reading to Kansas students will be higher than what the state is paying now but not as high as some recent national reports suggest.

According to a recent U.S. Department of Education evaluation, the Hawaii State Department of Education's four-year, $75 million Race to the Top grant will not longer be considered high risk.

The recent Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation study on the effectiveness of dual enrollment curriculum or competitive-enrollment, early-college programs reveals that students engaged in high school and college-level courses have higher and firmer college graduation rates.

On behalf of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Center for Mental Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention will host a virtual National Forum on Fostering Safe and Healthy Schools through State Partnerships on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT.

Sites from CCSSO’s Innovation Lab Network (ILN) in Kentucky, New Hampshire and Wisconsin were awarded Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) Wave IV grants, aimed to accelerate educational innovation to improve college and career readiness for all students.

CCSSO Executive Director Chris Minnich writes in ASCD’s InService Blog, in support of improving licensure standards to meet rising teacher expectations.

The U.S. House passed a reauthorization of the long-delayed No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act without a single Democratic vote.

According to a recent survey from the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University, 37 of the 40 states responding to the survey said it was unlikely they would reverse, limit, or change their decision to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for reading, writing, and math.