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The core argument claims the reform will not improve student achievement due to flawed rationale, limited research support, and evidence of a weak or nonexistent relationship between common core and high test scores.","Evaluating Common Core  \nAre Uniform Standards a Silver Bullet for Education Reform?  \nKendall Deas  \nThe Journal of Educational Foundations Vol. 31, No. 3 & 4  \nFall/Winter 2018, pp. 47-62  \nCopyright 2018 by Caddo Gap Press  \nAbstract  \nThis article examines the Common Core State Standards Initiative and provides a policy analysis of issues concerning its implementation as a policy initiative to achieve education reform in the U.S. Aside from highlighting developments concerning this policy initiative, it examines the origins ofthis movement toward adopting common core state standards and political implications of the education policy. The article assesses what are the advantages, disadvantages, and pitfalls concerning prospects for change that could result from the implementation of common core state standards, and examines the policy as it relates to theories of action or change. Specifically, as it concerns theories of action or change, it will focus upon how this education policy is supposed to improve student learning along with its prospects for success. The hypothesis proposed here is that this policy initiative as a reform will not result in improving student achievement. For one, there is clearly aflaw in the underlying rationale that uniform standards are needed to improve education inU.S. schools. Further, thereis no clear evidence that raising standards will result in increased student learning. In addition, the common core initiative lacksa convincing research base to support this perspective which could in turn undermine support for implementation of the policy. Finally, research shows a weak or nonexistent relationship between common core standards and high test scores.  \nKendall Deas is an adjunct assistant professor of education policy and law in the Department of Political Science and an Honors College faculty fellow at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. His e-mail address is: [deaskd@cofc.edu](deaskd@cofc.edu)  \nIntroduction  \nThis article examines the Common Core State Standards Initiative and issues concerning its implementation as a policy initiative to achieve education reform in the U.S. The Obama administration was a proponent for a set of education standards developed with the goal of making all high school graduates in the U.S. prepared for college entry or careers. In order to reach this goal, the administration pressured states to incorporate content standards referred to as the common core and developed by the National Governor’s Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers (NGA/CCSSO) . Infact, the administration proposed that federal Title 1 aid be withheld from states that do not adopt these or comparable standards.  \nAside from highlighting developments under the Obama administration and the policy’s status in the current political climate, the article examines the origins of this movement toward adopting common core state standards and political implications of the education policy. It assesses what are the advantages, disadvantages, and pitfalls concerning prospects for change that could result from the implementation of common core state standards, and examines the policy as it relates to theories of action or change. Specifically, as it concerns theories of action or change, it will focus upon how this education policy aims to improve student learning along with its prospects for success. It is clear that there is an underlying flaw in the rationale that common core or uniform standards are necessary to improve education in American schools. For one, there is no compelling or clear evidence that raising standards will ultimately result in enhanced student learning. Further, there is no convincing or solid research base associated with common core to support this perspective. This could in turn undermine support for the policy’s implementation. 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