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State Board Reaffirms its Commitment to Common Core Standards

John Mooney | February 13, 2014

With debate about the Common Core State Standards and related testing at a steady boil, the Christie administration and the state Board of Education yesterday turned the heat up as they responded to critics.

The board in its monthly meeting — postponed from last week — voted unanimously for a resolution reaffirming its support of the new nationwide standards that have been adopted in more than 40 states.

The State Board first adopted the Common Core in 2010, but members said yesterday they want to reiterate their support in the face of critics from both the left and the right who have said the state is moving too fast to implement the more rigorous benchmarks.

“We feel the Common Core represents exactly what we should be looking for,” said board member Ronald Butcher, who crafted the resolution.

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