Although the federal government did not create the Common Core State Standards (CCSS),the federal government's monetary incentives to participating states
A) is responsible for the majority of states rejecting participation in the program given the absence of any evidence that it works.
B) is the reason that the majority of states first accepted, but then ultimately rejected participation in the program.
C) encouraged buy-in to the program despite the fact that there was absolutely no evidence that the program worked.
D) led to a widespread, but mistaken crediting of the federal government as the creator of the program.

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The federal government's monetary incentives encouraged states to participate in the CCSS program, despite the absence of evidence that the program worked. This led to a widespread buy-in to the program, which was credited to the federal government, even though it did not create the standards themselves.

Although the Federal Government Did Not Create the Common Core