State casts its lot with testing group | EdNewsColorado

http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2012/08/09/42244-state-casts-its-lot-with-testing-group

Colorado had three choices for its standardized assessment future: PARCC, Smarter Balanced, or keep making their own. While some state leaders wished to keep the tests in-state to avoid any possible national conspiracy to have a federal takeover of education, it looks like we've finally settled on PARCC.