INDIANAPOLIS—The Common Core academic standards, the subject of
fervent debate in my home state of Indiana and in several other
states, looks like an earlier education reform initiative called
IPASS. In 1995, Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh wanted a new standardized
test, called IPASS, to replace the ISTEP test. It was supposed to
be more in-depth and require students to write essays, not answer
just multiple-choice questions. But the Indiana General Assembly
rejected the proposal, which seemed
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