Dive Brief:

• Oklahoma became the latest state to repeal the Common Core State Standards on Thursday when Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill repealing them for the upcoming school year.
• The bill calls for Oklahoma to return to the standards it used prior to adopting the Common Core in 2010 while working to create new standards that can be implemented in the 2015-16 school year. The new standards must be reviewed by the legislature before being implemented.  
• According to state education officials, over 60% of the state's school districts were already working with curriculum aligned to the new Common Core standards.  

Dive Insight:

Oklahoma's decision reflects a growing trend in states making last-minute decisions to abandon the Common Core. South Carolina's governor also signed a bill repealing the standards, but the state will still use the Common Core next year while new standards are drafted for the 2015-16 school year. North Carolina is also in the process of voting down the Common Core, and, of course, there is Indiana, which became the first state to drop the Common Core back in March.

What seems unclear is whether the lawmakers making these decisions are aware of how quick turnover of standards (and the rush to develop new curriculum associated with them) will affect student achievement in the longterm.