Amid reports of a potential name change to the Common Core curriculum, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is pointing out that the standards don’t face a branding issue, they face a credibility issue.

“Parents didn’t opt their children out of the tests because they didn’t like the name, parents opted their children out of the tests because they’re sick of Washington D.C. bureaucrats, who have never been in our community, dictating what our local teachers should be doing,” DiPietro said. “Common Core has a litany of problems, none of which stem from branding. Parents are fed up with the high-stakes testing model, and a name change isn’t going to quell those worries. What our education system needs is a reform that takes the curriculum out of the hands of bureaucrats and puts it into the hands of teachers, parents and the communities in which they live.”