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The article is wrong to call it "Common Core online testing". Common Core is short for Common Core State Standards [CCSS], and thus are a standard, not curriculum or tests. Tests and curricula can be Common Core-aligned, but the standards do not outline any specific test.

With that in mind, there are different CCSS tests out there from the usual corporations that produce school tests. States/school boards adopting CCSS are free to buy into any test that is CCSS aligned. Some are online, others are traditional.

Inevitably, schools will go with online tests because they will appear less expensive in terms of administering and grading. The efficacy of administering computerized tests and how that affects the outcome (particularly for writing and math) will be the new cultural bias for tests.