Originally Posted by Dude
... conflating CCSS with test-based teacher evaluations...
This may be... and yet according to the FAQ on the Common Core website, "common assessments that will be aligned to the standards and replace existing end of year state assessments. These assessments will be available in the 2014-2015 school year."

It was my understanding (and I may wrong) that these new assessments may be used for more than gauging student readiness for career/college... but may also be used to evaluate teacher efficacy?