To the editor: I have been a Language Arts and social studies teacher, coach and administrator in public, private and corporate schools since 1972. New ideas for passing the collected knowledge from ...

KUSA - Students and parents across Colorado are protesting new standardized testing going on right now. The PARCC test is supposed to measure how effective a teacher is at preparing a student for ...

The number of Lafayette Parish parents opting their children out of the PARCC tests is increasing. As of Friday morning, the district had received 35 opt-outs, according to accountability director Tom ...

RANTOUL — As Rantoul Township High School prepares for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam Wednesday and Thursday, there have been a few issues leading up ...

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 ...

In an unanimous decision, the PARCC test was struck down as violating state law. In an unanimous decision in a three-judge appellate court panel, the PARCC test was struck down as violating state law.

WEBVTT AND TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEMS. DESPITE THE BOARD MEETING CANCELLATION ... THE DISTRICT SAYS IT STILL PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH THE TESTING. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SANDRA RAMIREZ CHECKED IF LOCAL ...

The first of two groups of states working to design assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards has released a draft accommodations manual that outlines the types of test supports that can ...

Chicago Public Schools officials announced they will administer the Common Core-aligned tests to all students, after attempting to limit the tests to a small group of students for the first year of ...

This week, Georgia announced it is withdrawing from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness in College and Career (PARCC), one of two consortia developing standardized tests for the Common Core.