<p>lmkh70 - The current President of the College Board helped create the Common Core State Standards.</p>
<p>[Parents</a> Protest National Common Core Standards - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com](<a href=“http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/October/Parents-Protest-National-Common-Core-Standards/]Parents”>http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/October/Parents-Protest-National-Common-Core-Standards/)</p>
<p>(Sorry for the odd reference - I just googled College Board and Common Core and got this article which is very accurate according to the research I’ve done on the Common Core creators and funders.)</p>
<p>"The chief author of the Common Core, education consultant David Coleman, is now president of the College Board. His new job entails rewriting the SAT.</p>
<p>Critics fear that will further cement the Common Core’s influence, forcing any college-bound student, whether public-schooled, private-schooled, or home-schooled, to align with the Core."</p>
<p>Here’s an OpEd linking the College Board to the common core (I assume this is a more reputable newspaper but it’s an OpEd so it’s just an opinion):</p>
<p>[Common</a> Core ? education by corporation](<a href=“http://santamariatimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/commentary/common-core-education-by-corporation/article_cd55e888-36e1-11e3-8859-001a4bcf887a.html]Common”>http://santamariatimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/commentary/common-core-education-by-corporation/article_cd55e888-36e1-11e3-8859-001a4bcf887a.html) </p>
<p>Here is the best article about the College Board and Common Core:</p>
<p>[AASA</a> :: College Board: Reconciling AP Exams with Common Core](<a href=“http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=27296]AASA”>http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=27296)</p>
<p>“In an AASA conference session, Advanced Placement in the Common Core Era: Changes and New Developments in the AP Program, on Saturday morning, Trevor Packer, senior vice president of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program, told superintendents that his organization would integrate Common Core standards in AP course standards and AP exams administered each May.”</p>