Support for Common Core Drops

Support for the Common Core State Standards among those with school-aged children has dropped significantly, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports.

The poll found only 34 percent of American adults with children of elementary or secondary school age favorrequiring all schools nationwide to meet the same Common Core education standards, which is an18-point drop from 52 percent in early November of last year.Nearly half -- 47 percent -- oppose the implementation of the standards.

What's more, more than half of respondents (54 percent) said it's unlikely Common Core will improve student performance.

Common Core has gathered significant opposition over the last year, with several states like Oklahoma and South Carolina, that previously opted into the national standards, taking another path for the future of their students. Florida was among the 45 states to adopt Common Core, but made nearly 100 changes to the standards and rebranded them under a different name, "The Florida Standards."

The survey of 1,000 adults was conducted June 21-22. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.