Leaked Questions Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Common Core Tests.

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'The questions, taken from a Common Core fourth-grade reading test, came to a Columbia professor in an email from an anonymous teacher, part of a blistering critique of the exam. The professor put the questions and the critique on her blog, and before she knew it, her posting ignited on the Internet, fueling a new round of anger about high-stakes standardized testing.

As fast as the company that manages the tests played whack-a-mole, trying to get the questions taken down, teachers, parents and education experts kept spreading them on blogs and Twitter — despite the fact that the questions are still being used right now in testing. Some argued that robust public discussion of test items and their shortcomings was the best way to ensure better tests.'>>>

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