Corrected: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized how the Council of Chief State School Officers came to possess PARCC test questions. Before it disbanded, the PARCC consortium ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lot has changed with the PARCC and Smarter Balanced tests since they were first launched in 2015. Here are a few things you need to know about them to keep your cocktail party conversation ...

WEBVTT ANCHOR ANGELA BRAUER TALKED TO STATE OFFICIALS ABOUT WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG AND WHY NOT EVERYONE MAY BE HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY'LL SEE. ANGELA: DOZENS OF DISTRICTS TOOK THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ...

Superintendent Trisha Kocanda of Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois has written what could be called a “warning” letter to parents, community members and district staff about the PARCC Common Core ...

Maryland’s standardized tests have not gotten a lot of love. Critics say they take too many hours and are disruptive in schools. More than half of students don’t pass. And results are slow to get to ...

The political fight over the PARCC exam has an important new stakeholder: The class of 2019. Some 170,000 high school students, including juniors, thought they had fulfilled the requirements to ...

The most controversial standardized test in New Jersey history is now becoming the most difficult one to kill. Gov. Phil Murphy's proposal to eliminate four of the six PARCC exams for high school ...