Common Core State Standards: Pros and Cons

States could add up to 15% to the Common Core California added standards to the Common Core to address perceived gaps and to ensure that the rigor of California’s existing standards would be maintained. • Pearson Publishing Common Core Test Analysis Monopoly on CCSS tests • Wiggins and McTighe article • http://www.schoolleadership20.com/forum/topic s/mctighe-and-wiggins-on-implementing-the- common-core-standards