BOSTON (CBS) - Starting next week, more than half of all elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts will begin taking the new PARCC test. This is a pilot program as officials decide if the ...

Maryland is one step closer to replacing its much-talked-about PARCC test. It's a test given to more than a half a million students, and one that's come under quite a bit of scrutiny. Andrei Arlovski ...

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a federally funded testing consortium aligned with Common Core, is in the spotlight once again. Though it administered the ...

Maryland officials are dropping the state’s standardized test — known by parents, teachers and students as simply PARCC — in favor of something shorter and they hope more popular. Maryland is one of ...

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A pop third-grade math quiz — question No. 4 from a PARCC practice test for grade 3, unit 2 math that anyone can access online: Which three statements can be represented by the expression 24 [divided ...

In his March 26 blog post, “Three Practical Questions About PARCC & SBAC Testing,” Rick Hess raises legitimate questions about how variation in the testing conditions will impact the validity and ...

WASHINGTON — The results from an annual standardized test were released Monday, and they were sure to make some parents in D.C. smile. The data showed that students in the district saw moderate ...

WEBVTT TIM: STATE SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE ON TRACK TO REPLACE THE PARCC TEST WITH AN ASSESSMENT THAT WILL ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. >> YOU CAN SEE ...