Madison Quits Common Core Test

Eastern Idaho’s Madison School District has publicly opted out of Idaho’s new Common Core-aligned tests — but that appears to be an isolated protest. And districts say they are having few technical problems administering the Idaho Standards Achievement Test by Smarter Balanced . For the first time, the new online assessment is being used to measure school performance and student growth. Testing began in late March. How are things going so far?/ Kevin Richert , IDEDNews.org. More here .

Question: Has Common Core become a nonissue in Idaho?