Gary Herbert, Who Changed Positions on the Common Core, Wins Utah Governor鈥檚 Race
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Earlier this year, Herbert the Utah State Board of Education to adopt “uniquely Utah standards.” He also called for a review of the state’s SAGE testing, which was created locally, and for the elimination of the requirement for high school students to take the test. Johnson accused him of flip-flopping. In 2014, Herbert commissioned two studies to examine the effectiveness and implementation of Common Core in the state. One from the Utah Attorney General’s Office rebuffed criticisms of federal overreach in the state’s adoption of the standards, arguing that the state controls what students are taught. Another , conducted by a state panel, argued that Utah Core Standards were more rigorous than the state’s previous standards. During the general election, Herbert was criticized by for underfunding local schools in a state that on education per pupil than most other states.
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