Common Core tests now a ticket out of college remedial classes
A new agreement among the state鈥檚 public colleges will raise the value of a couple of Washington鈥檚 high-school exams.
The new math and reading exams, which are called Smarter Balanced and will be given to all Washington 11th-graders this spring, will factor not just into whether students graduate, but whether they need to take remedial classes in college.
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