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Common Core

Common Core proper noun: the Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.

Proper noun

Common Core

  1. (US) The Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.

Questions about Common Core

What does Common Core mean?
Common Core means the Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.
What part of speech is Common Core?
Common Core is a proper noun.

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