Brand names in NY standardized tests vex parents

Published April 20, 2014 5:32pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — “Just Do It” has been a familiar Nike slogan for years, but now parents are wondering what it was doing on some of New York’s Common Core standardized English tests.

Brands including Barbie, iPod, Mug Root Beer and Life Savers showed up in questions on tests that more than a million students in grades 3 through 8 took this month.

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