Wonder what some of the tests look like? The Testpreview web site offers examples for Grades 1-12 for both ELA and Math if you want to try them. Click the link in this sentence to access.
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Institute for Excellence in Writing offers their thoughts on the ELA and focuses on 1st Graders
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Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking at The Heritage Foundation
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This is a link to the Common Core English Language Arts page so you can see what they are saying.
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This link takes you to an ELA site that provides worksheet examples: http://www.k12reader.com/common-core-standard/ccss/
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