HARTFORD, Conn. – The head of Connecticut’s teachers union says the implementation of Common Core has not been “going well at all,” and Gov. Dannel Malloy agrees.

Malloy and three other top political leaders last week sent a letter to officials in charge of Connecticut’s teacher evaluation system, asking them to exclude students’ Common Core-aligned standardized test scores from next year’s teacher job reviews, according to the Hartford Courant.

Malloy and company think it’s unfair for teachers to have their annual performance reviews partially connected to Common Core, as many districts are still developing lessons (curricula) that line up with the new math and English standards.

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According to the Courant, Malloy is also in favor of creating “a working group to make changes in implementation” of Common Core, and plans to “scrap a $1 million marketing campaign” for the new standards.

Leaders of the state’s Performance Evaluation Advisory Council – which was tasked with creating the new teacher evaluation system – followed the advice of Malloy and company and decided to delay the test score component of teachers’ job reviews for a year, NBCConnecticut.com reports.

The U.S. Department of Education must give final approval to the plan. That’s because Connecticut agreed in 2012 to revamp its teacher evaluation plan in return for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law.

The revised guidelines would also “clarify that a teacher can have as few as one learning objective or goal for students” and “streamline data management requirements,” FoxCT.com adds.

While Malloy remains a staunch Common Core supporter, Connecticut’s Republican leaders aren’t as committed to the new learning standards. They’re calling for a “pause” in testing and a spending moratorium on further implementation of Common Core until lawmakers can conduct a hearing about the new learning standards.

“A debate is taking place both nationally and within Connecticut about this program – the standards being used to gauge student progress, as well teacher evaluation. But there has been little discussion within the legislature over what these sweeping changes in our public schools will mean for our students, educators and parents,’’ said Education Committee Ranking Member Rep. Tim Ackert of Coventry in a prepared statement. “We are calling for a public hearing with the State Board of Education to air all these issues.’’