Here’s the Fordham Institute’s analysis of the draft Common Core K-12 education standards:

The Fordham Institute's expert reviewers have analyzed the draft Common Core K-12 education standards (made public on March 10) according to rigorous criteria. Their analyses lead to a grade of A- for the draft mathematics standards and B for those in English language arts. We hope you will take a moment to read the final version of our review. http://fordham.citysoft.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=364200&uid=50189