With the opt-out option growing in popularity across the state, educators and lawmakers rush to accommodate families who just say ‘no’
Students in grades 3-11 will be taking the PARCC standardized tests in New Jersey in March.
New Jersey schools would have to accommodate students who don't want to take standardized tests and a task force would study the implementation and effectiveness of PARCC under bills approved Thursday by the state Assembly Education Committee.
Controversy continues to swirl around the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers (PARCC) tests. Facebook and other social media groups have been formed to protest the exams and garner support for opting students out of taking them.
In New Jersey, the PARCC exams are being given to all public school students in grades 3 through 11. That makes the test the biggest and costliest exam in the state's history.
Is it time well spent to give a test to students in grades 3 through 11 twice a year to try and assess their “readiness for college and careers?”
Braun shared a letter sent from Watching Hills Regional High School Superintendent Elizabeth C.
New Jersey recently made a deal with Pearson Education to write, score and administer the state's new standardized tests for public school students.
Is too much fuss being made over the PARCC test?
The chairman of New Jersey's Assembly Education Committee says hiring a company to scour the internet for leaks of PARCC questions and test topics is unacceptable and he will introduce a bill to address the issue
A bill that would ban standardized testing for New Jersey students in kindergarten through second grade is heading to Gov. Chris Christie's desk for approval.
The push-back against PARCC is gaining ground in Trenton.
Never-before-available material should prove useful to NJ teachers, curriculum planners
PARCC tests will appear in front of students at every school in the state this spring, hand-in-hand with the implementation of the new nationwide curriculum standards, Common Core.
The statewide cost of a 4-year contract for the new testing could be as much as $108m
The first of three public hearing on New Jersey's Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, known as PARCC, took place in Jersey City Wednesday.
Christina Moreira's signs advise parents they can refuse PARCC exams, but the Elizabeth Public Schools objected to the implication the district endorses opting out.
With the new assessment tests already somewhat controversial in the state, some North Jersey parents were upset to learn that a company is being paid to watch their children's online chatter.
A group of Barbieri Elementary teachers state they can not "stay silent as PARCC makes it way into our classrooms."
An administrative law judge says New Jersey education officials may have broken the law on PARCC.
Opponents of the state's newest standardized test took their protest to Trenton.
The latest furor over Anderson's suspension of four principals has renewed calls for the state to give up its oversight of the district
Social media posts about the PARCC aren't private. But $100K to monitor it is disturbing.
Do you think you could pass the controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test? More than 200 parents and teachers
Schools across the state scrambled this morning as teachers and students attempted to log in to the testing platform for PARCC exams but couldn't due to a technical error, forcing testing to be postponed.
The new tests are billed as more interactive and engaging than the pencil and paper tests, but the switch to computers has also generated concern. At meetings about PARCC throughout the state, parents and teachers have questions about whether schools are properly equipped to handle the demands of the new tests and whether schools will be able to deal with computer crashes or any technology glitch.
Valuable positions and programs are on the chopping block, while the technology budget could double.
Monmouth poll finds few New Jerseyans are even aware of the new academic standards and testing – but negatives are high among those in the know
The transition toward standardized mediocrity and the dumbing of America will be slow
Testing will resume Thursday after widespread glitches were reported, officials said.
Newark mayor Ras Baraka criticized Today the implementation of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exam set to be administered this year.
Students in the Sussex County district whose parents write a note explaining they don't want their child to take New Jersey's upcoming state assessments will be allowed to read or work independently in a different classroom.
We are offended by the situation in which we find ourselves, in which education policy is dictated by billionaires who never taught a day in their lives, while our patiently gained professional expertise is ignored. Thirty days of testing is sufficiently outrageous and -- we believe -- indefensible.
The PARCC results, which will be mailed directly to families, will help parents and teachers analyze student learning like never before, Assistant Education Commissioner Bari Erlichson said.
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] How stressful is standardized testing at your school? I remember my own children getting physically sick when testing time came around. Teachers would pile on the pressure and even tell their […]
It is much harder for students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds to earn diplomas,
Parents, educators complain of test anxiety, fears of state taking over local schools.
