From the article, "Why would Massachusetts choose to go backwards, when we were number one in the country?" said Colorio, a former Worcester School Committee member whose youngest child attends public high school. 'We are paying Massachusetts taxes for Mississippi standards.'"  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-mass-a-push-to-let-voters-weigh-in-on-the-common-core-state-standards/2015/09/09/fc561162-570f-11e5-abe9-27d53f250b11_story.html