Dive Brief:

• Some politicians in West Virginia are suggesting the state's rejection of Common Core will lead to replacement policies that will be too similar.

• At a forum dedicated to examining the issue, some educators expressed that their students can't learn enough to satisfy Common Core requirements, while others harbored concerns "in regard to being able to accurately measure achievement and proficiency," the Herald-Mail reported.

• Others at the forum worried that federal funding might be cut based on standardized testing participation rates.

Dive Insight:

Since 2010, Common Core-aligned curriculum has been the norm in West Virginia, but Friday the state's Board of Education decided to drop it.

Now, replacement options are being publicly considered, leading to scrutiny and suspicion from taxpayers, teachers, and pols. West Virginia had previously been called one of the worst education systems in the country, and politicians have long since tried to reform education in the state.