ALBANY, N.Y. – New York parents and taxpayers who oppose Common Core appear to be on the verge of a major victory.

On Tuesday, four of New York’s most powerful lawmakers called on the Board of Regents – the state body charged with implementing the Common Core experiment – to issue a two-year delay on linking teachers’ and principals’ job reviews to student scores on the new, Common Core-aligned standardized tests, the Associated Press reports.

The lawmakers say it’s unfair to hold educators responsible for students’ test scores when they haven’t had an adequate amount of time or proper instructional materials to teach to the new math and English standards. (The standards also “bleed through” to other subject areas, such as social studies.)

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“You can’t propose an entirely new curriculum, an entirely new set of standards and say: ‘Here it is, teach to it,’” Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said, according to NYDailyNews.com.

The bipartisan quartet also urged New York’s education leaders to hit the pause button on the state’s database, which will store students’ private information, including their test scores and disciplinary records. The lawmakers say state officials need to address parents’ privacy and security concerns before proceeding.

Most parents and taxpayers will certainly welcome the lawmakers’ suggestions, as they should. But there are a few downsides to consider, too.

The first is that the Board of Regents – not the legislature – is responsible for making any final decisions about delaying the Common Core tests and the database. A board-appointed panel will make its own recommendations next week about how to fix the state’s Common Core experiment, which up to now has been widely regarded as a complete mess.

It’s anyone’s guess what the board will decide to do. But given the public’s strong dissatisfaction with Common Core, it’s almost unthinkable that officials won’t take some steps to address the concerns of parents, teachers, and taxpayers.

The other downside is that the lawmakers’ announcements included words of support for the overall goals of Common Core. They also encouraged the state Education Department to continue developing curricula that are aligned with the one-size-fits-all learning standards, the Associated Press reports.

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So while New Yorkers would welcome a two-year testing delay, they need to understand that will do nothing to address the larger concerns about Common Core – namely that the new standards will actually leave students less-prepared for college than before.

For example, Common Core delays the study of calculus until college, and that, in turn, will make it very difficult for students to get all the math instruction they need in college to prepare for a career in the all-important STEM areas of science, technology, engineering and math.

Despite those disappointments, the lawmakers’ action on Tuesday should give New York parents hope. By working together to spread information about Common Core to their fellow citizens and by bringing their complaints to their elected officials, parents are finally having a say in their children’s education.

There’s much work to be done, but New Yorkers are making progress in their fight against this top-down, nationalized approach to education. They should take heart in that, as should citizens in the other 44 Common Core-aligned states who are fighting similar battles.