<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[LL1885]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://ladyliberty1885.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[A.P. Dillon]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ladyliberty1885.com/author/ladyliberty1885/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[NC Superintendent Confirms Heart Of Backlash Against&nbsp;Testing]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[Over the weekend, North Carolina's Superintendent, stepped into the testing backlash debate in an article at WUNC.

Atkinson, who is also President of the CCSSO -- one of the DC trade organizations who brought the nation Common Core -- told WUNC tests are first used to grade the schools. In other words, fulfilling federal requirements.]]></html></oembed>