The Gates Foundation has been very busy trying to figure out ways for governors, state boards, and commissioners of education to pretend they are giving up Common Core’s standards or tests, while ensuring these states still have warmed-over versions in place to satisfy Bill Gates’ ambitions.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/09/07/Stotsky-Gates-Deceptive-Drive-to-Continue-Common-Core-Will-Weaken-Public-Schools