The foundational document that Common Core promoters cite is Benchmarking for Success:
“By the eighth grade, students in top performing nations are studying algebra and geometry, while in the U.S., most eighth-grade math courses focus on arithmetic.”…
[Yet] Common Core relegated its first algebra course to high school, unlike our global competitors. This is not rigor. Significantly, this refutes the notion of internationally benchmarked standards in math….
[W]e will be forcing colleges to accept even less prepared students than today, but instead of sending them to remedial courses, state colleges will now have to enroll them directly in credit-bearing courses.
Read more at: Common Core Invasion: How It Will Alter Higher Education