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Uneven playing field. i'm joined by a former chief of educational opportunity at the department of justice under president obama and she's a founder and president of anthem of us, an advisory firm that works to promote dignity and justice in education. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> "the wall street journal" has been critical of this. written that these are averages. the s.a.t. is still the best objective measure and proven to be a good predictor. test preparation can modestly boost scores but many less privileged students do well. true or false? >> a lot to impact there. so, first ...

From new york to oklahoma, concerned parts say the testing allows the federal government to dictate curriculum, taking power away from local districts and educators. parent and critics say common core testing is you causing unnecessary stress and anxiety, forcing students to learn a test and nothing else. >> i think that six days of testing for an 8-year-old is egregious. >> i want my children to love to learn. i want them to continue to go to college. and i'm worried that they will burn out before they get there. >> parents say kids are coming home in tears, homework is being replaced with te...

Among the planned changes. by 2016, the s.a.t. will be available in both paper and digital form. it will return to a top score of 1,600. the essay portion will become optional, and no more penalties for long answers. the biggest potential losers in the overhaul, the test prep industry, which rakes in about $4.5 billion a year, helping the well-healed boost their kids'ç scores. here's the kicker. they're partnering with the most popular online educational website in the world to offer free prep material to college-bound students. college board president david coleman sat down with nbc news ed...

Spends about $110 billion a year no child left behind, $30 billion a year. a lot of this stuff is based on performance. should teachers be cheating? >> no. there is no excuse for this, it's not just teacher salaries, it's resources at schools at stake. there is no excuse. this is total scandal, it has occurred in six or seven other cities, as well. you have to give the obama administration and bush administration to sticking to their guns on importance of standaized testing and merit pay for teachers in public schools. that said, there is a worthwhile debate about whether we are spending too m...

Stake. department of ed spends 110 billion a year. no child left behind . a lot of stuff is based on performance but should teachers be cheating? >> no. it is not just teacher salaries but resources that are at stake. there is no excuse for this. it is a scandal and it has occurred not only in lant lent but six other cities as well. you have to give the obama administration and bush administration for sticking on the importance of standard and merthe pay for teachers, that said, there is i think a worth while debate on whether we are speppeding too much emphasis and time on testing. some are s...