American Fascism Update: Gates Foundation calls for 2-year delay in Common Core tests

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has championed the Common Core State Standards and is credited with getting them implemented in more than 40 states, is recommending a two-year delay on standardized tests that evaluate teachers and students.

Illinois already is taking its time, waiting until next spring to roll out Common Core-based Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests, unlike many other states that used them this year.

Instead, Chicago Public Schools use Northwest Evaluation Association and Educational Planning and Assessment System tests that already are given to students to evaluate teachers and determine student promotions, district spokesman Joel Hood said.

“CPS is taking the same cautious approach to student, teacher, principal and school evaluations that the Gates Foundation recommends,” he said in an email. The district’s subsequent test plans for 2015-16 teacher and student evaluations are still unclear, he said.

The Gates Foundation plan to hijack education slows down a bit.