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Recent changes in standardized testing regulations in the United States are having a powerful impact on states, school districts, teachers, and students. These changes, though, are only just beginning as new standardized tests, modeled after the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), have not even been fully implemented to date.
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Zanconato, H. (2015). Common Core and Parcc. In: Paraskeva, J.M., LaVallee, T. (eds) Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-914-2_10
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