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.

TRENTON-- Despite acknowledging concerns about over-testing, the panel Gov. Chris Christie ordered to study student testing in New Jersey suggests that the state continue with the controversial PARCC ...

The Maryland State Department of Education said the PARCC test will be shorter and given over fewer days.Mobile users tap here for videoNearly half a million students take the PARCC test, which covers ...

In three weeks, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will decide whether the state will continue using its current test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), switch to ...

PARCC, Ohio's Common Core testing consortium, announced today that it will shorten its tests for next year - by a small amount. CLEVELAND, Ohio - PARCC, the 11-state Common Core testing partnership, ...

Thousands of Maryland public school students are about to take the PARCC assessments. Currently the results don't count, but that could change a lot sooner than some people expect.Download the WBAL ...

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 ...

Kudos to Education Week for your investigation of the 2014-15 PARCC test scores that were disproportionately lower when taken online, compared with the paper test (“PARCC Scores Lower on Computer ...

SPRINGFIELD - College professors were pitted against public school educators and parents over the question of changing the state's main standardized exam from the MCAS to the new PARCC test during a ...

As the opt-out movement continues to gather media coverage and spur debate, an interesting question is hovering about a particular group of students who didn’t opt out. That’s right: I’m talking about ...