Kids returning to school, many without Common Core results
WASHINGTON (AP) — No more sleeping in.
With new backpacks, pens and pencils and clothes, millions of children are back in school or heading there after summer vacation. Many are excited, some are anxious — and still waiting for the results of the new tests they took last spring aligned to the Common Core academic standards.
Congress returns from its summer vacation after Labor Day and on its agenda is a rewrite to the No Child Left Behind education law that requires the annual academic testing. The House and Senate passed competing versions, and congressional negotiators need to reconcile them.
Some things to know as students, parents and teachers embark on a new school year.___
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