PARCC

New Newsworks Column: PARCC Shortens Test, But That Won’t Satisfy Critics

It starts here:The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the consortium that provides student assessments for…

9 years ago

QOD: Star-Ledger Editorial Board Nails Those Who Would Sabotage PARCC Data

Read the whole thing, but here's the opening:Opposition to state testing comes from the far left and the far right.…

9 years ago

Note to PARCC-Bashers: Annual Testing Won’t “Resegregate Schools”

In New Jersey, where education reform disputes seem especially shrill, the focus has been all-things-PARCC. Readers know where I stand:…

9 years ago

N.J. Senate PARCC and Superintendent Salary Cap Update

Yesterday the N.J. Senate Education Committee considered six bills, most related to PARCC assessments. No big surprises: the Committee, chaired…

9 years ago

Would Eliminating Student PARCC Outcomes from Teacher Evals Make Everyone Happy?

I’m a bit confused by the PARCC editorial in today’s NJ Spotlight. Scott A. Oswald, superintendent of Collingswood and Oaklyn…

10 years ago

Montclair Teacher Scheduled AP Review Session During PARCC Test; Parent Fights Back

Montclair Public Schools has one of the highest PARCC opt-out rates in the state and it appears that  the boycott…

10 years ago

In Diegnan’s Anti-PARCC bills, Poor Children are just Collateral Damage

Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex), chair of the Assembly Education Committee,  has an editorial in today’s Star Ledger promoting his PARCC…

10 years ago

A N.J. Teacher Makes an Immodest Proposal

Today Walter Bowne, an A.P. English teacher somewhere in South Jersey, argues in NJ Spotlight that PARCC test results should…

10 years ago

Livingston Superintendent on PARCC: We Don’t Care; We Don’t Have To

Jim O’Neill, interim superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, defends his district's high PARCC opt-out rates in yesterday’s NJ Spotlight:I am…

10 years ago

We Don’t Know Yet What’s a “Good” Score on PARCC, But ASK and HSPA Weren’t Reflective of Grade-Level Proficiency

From Leslie Brody in today's Wall St. Journal:As thousands of parents refuse to have their children take state tests in…

10 years ago