A pop third-grade math quiz — question No. 4 from a PARCC practice test for grade 3, unit 2 math that anyone can access online: Which three statements can be represented by the expression 24 [divided ...

Massachusetts' Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday to adopt a hybrid proficiency test that combines elements of the MCAS and a controversial online assessment know as PARCC. The ...

The PARCC test is a combination of assessments used in measuring the readiness of students for college and their future career. The test is a computer based exam that is categorized under the K-12 ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Starting next week, more than half of all elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts will begin taking the new PARCC test. This is a pilot program as officials decide if the ...

Math and reading exams known as PARCC spawned angst and outright rebellion when the tests launched in 2015, ushering in a new era of state testing in Illinois public schools. But that new era appears ...

Many teachers, students and parents have railed about Illinois’ math and reading exams for third- through eighth-graders. The tests, known as PARCC, are long and hard. Many students don’t pass.

The Common Core tests known as PARCC (because they were created by the multi-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Career) have been hit with some bad news lately. Last month, ...

More Maryland students are using computers to take standardized tests, but a new study just out shows that not all students are ready to do away with pencil and paper.Download the WBAL appClose to 900 ...

BAYONNE-- As George Christiana's daughter was taking her scheduled PARCC algebra I exam on Tuesday afternoon, she thought the questions seemed too easy, he said. There was a good reason why: The test ...