PARCC
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
PARCC Exam Makes Inroads as College-Readiness Proxy
Two public colleges in Colorado say they will consider the results of the assessment from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers when they place students into entry-level credit-bearing courses.
College & Workforce Readiness
PARCC Makes Inroads as Proxy for College Readiness
Two Colorado colleges are the first to decide to consider PARCC scores in course-placement decisions.
Assessment
Opinion
Common Core and PARCC: What About the Children?
There are questions about the value of national standards, the appropriate nature of some of the standards in the earlier grades, and angst about the use of standardized testing to change teaching and learning and evaluate students and teachers.
Education
Chicago Changes Course, Will Offer PARCC Districtwide This Year
The district faced more than $1 billion in federal and state cuts if it did not offer the test districtwide, and the state of Illinois threatened to pull its designation as a district.
Assessment
Chicago Reverses Course, Will Give PARCC Test Districtwide
Chicago school officials say that the district can't risk the threatened loss of state and federal funding that could attend its refusal to give the test districtwide.
Assessment
New York Keeps PARCC at Arm's Length
New York state has been dating PARCC for several years now, but it sent signals this week that it's not ready to plan a wedding.
States
Mass. Report: PARCC is Right Common-Core Test for Schools ... With Caveats
Do the two state assessments being used in the Bay State accurately measure "college- and career-readiness" of students that so many states now say is their top priority?
Standards & Accountability
Gov. Jindal Urges State Board to Adopt Alternatives to PARCC
Jindal's Jan. 30 executive order is the latest step in the ongoing battle the Louisiana governor has waged against the standards and tests.
Standards & Accountability
News in Brief
Mississippi Pulls Out of PARCC Consortium
Mississippi's school board has voted to leave the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and seek a new test for the next school year.
Education
News in Brief
Miss. State Board Votes To Leave PARCC Consortium
The Mississippi Board of Education voted last week to leave the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a consortium developing tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and to seek a new test for next school year.
Assessment
Miss. of Board of Ed. Votes to Leave PARCC, Seek New Test for 2015-16
The Mississippi state board plans to seek a new test for 2015-16, but still plans to administer the PARCC exam this school year.
Standards & Accountability
Miss. State Board Votes to Leave PARCC, Seek New Test for Next School Year
The Mississippi state board plans to seek a new test for 2015-16, but still plans to administer the PARCC exam this school year.
Assessment
Opinion
The Common Core Journey
Teachers transitioning to the Common Core are all driving on a road that's dark except for the final destination. We have the added burden of building and modifying the car as we drive it, because there is no one curriculum to follow.
Assessment
PARCC Testing Begins Today for Some High School Students
About 30,000 high school students in six states will take the first official round of common-core-aligned tests created by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers over the next several weeks.