Mithawk, the $1.5 billion is going into the pockets of the hedge fund partners that are investing in the test prep charter schools. This money is leaving the pool of money that would otherwise support K-12 education.

Tom Loveless from the Brookings Institute wrote an interesting piece on tracking and the Common Core:
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/01/29-tracking-common-core-loveless