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 ...

TRENTON-- As New Jersey prepared to debut new standardized tests last year, Barbara LaSaracina thought to herself, "here comes another one." LaSaracina, a 24-year veteran and New Jersey's Teacher of ...

Friday’s announcement marks yet another stage of transition for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, which has lost most of its original state members. Only six states ...

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), one of the state consortiums that has developed online testing based on the Common Core State Standards, has yet again ...

New Jersey will begin its long breakup with the controversial PARCC tests by eliminating four exams, loosening graduation requirements and reducing the weight of the tests in teacher evaluations, Gov.

Louisiana will be a pioneer in the use of PARCC's new flexible model of assessment. The state's Department of Education recently decided to use content from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness ...

In the face of rising opposition to testing, the PARCC consortium has decided to carve 90 minutes off its 10- to 11-hour-long assessment, and shift the start of testing to later in the school year.

In fact, the new assessments from the PARCC consortium and other test developers arose partly because existing standards were often too low - with large numbers of "proficient" students being placed ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - State report card grades coming out tomorrow after a long delay will give a first look at how well your school and district have adapted to the new Common Core learning standards.