A state - led effort has created new national standards for college students . It will take several years for plans to be put in place for the states to actually start testing students under national guidelines . So far , 32 states have signed on the national Common Core Standards . An educational think tank compiled a set of standards .
A state - led effort has created new national standards for college students . So far , 32 states have signed on the national Common Core Standards . An educational think tank compiled a set of standards .