common core

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana education officials have released results from more than half of the computerized tests linked to common core that students took in the spring. Education officials say about 71 percent of students eligible to take new Smarter Balanced standardized tests recorded usable scores...

Nevada was confident enough in the partial student results from its Common Core-aligned state test that it released them Wednesday, even though 7 of 10 students weren't tested because of computer glitches.

The Office of Public Instruction Superintendent Denise Juneau says she plans to make next year's student assessments in math and English mandatory after a technical glitch in April kept 18 percent of the students from completing the test.

Hundreds gathered in Helena Saturday for their chance to voice support or opposition to the controversial CSKT Water Rights Compact.

This week, September 9, the Montana Office of Public Instruction has started a campaign to gin up public support for the new Common Core education standards.

Montana students for the first time will take a test linked to the Common Core standards this school year.

Missoula's Hawthorne Elementary School is just one of 44 schools in the country chosen for a STEM pilot program for students grades K-5.

Today, April 17, on Talk Back we will be speaking with Jane Robbins, who works as one of the nations leading advocates for keeping Common Core out of state education.

Montana is on the cusp of being the 46th state to adopt a set of standards known as Common Core. The new standards are championed by Montana's Office of Public Instruction, but many Montanans wonder if these new standards might be setting our education system up for decline.

Montana State Superintendent Denise Juneau explained common core education standards during a senate hearing on April 9.