PARCC is going away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is MD making up their own test...surely with 49 other states out there someone already has something we can buy?

According to the article they are buying a test from a vendor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is MD making up their own test...surely with 49 other states out there someone already has something we can buy?

According to the article they are buying a test from a vendor.

And could even be the same vendor...just different test name

[Anonymous]

As a school test coordinator, I'm all for replacing PARCC - it's a nightmare to coordinate and takes up way too much time. We already pay for the MAP tests so I'm not sure why we wouldn't just uses this assessment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is MD making up their own test...surely with 49 other states out there someone already has something we can buy?

According to the article they are buying a test from a vendor.

And could even be the same vendor...just different test name

Exactly. Let's think of a new acronym and spend the same ridiculous amount of money on a test that tells us what we already know. Students in higher SES schools perform better than those who are in lower SES schools. Yeah, we get it. How about having a standard curriculum and then testing students on it at the end of the year? What a concept. This is what the rest of the world does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a school test coordinator, I'm all for replacing PARCC - it's a nightmare to coordinate and takes up way too much time. We already pay for the MAP tests so I'm not sure why we wouldn't just uses this assessment.

I do indeed like the MAP tests. In ELA, the lexiles are so beneficial.

But the state has to be in control b/c of ESSA. So these tests aren't going away, which unfortunately shaves away at teacher autonomy.

b/c why rely on teachers as the experts??????

[Anonymous]

If a state drops out of PARCC maybe that means the Great School and other online ratings change?

[Anonymous]

PARCC put way too much emphasis on reading. Some of the 7th grade questions were really, really hard. Students would have to compare two unrelated texts and infer information about a third topic. Staff and students just looked at it in confusion. The Common Core standards are the reason though. They demand very high expectations from students, that are not reasonable for the vast majority. If a student is not a very strong reader at least one or two grades above average, the test is a painful struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PARCC put way too much emphasis on reading. Some of the 7th grade questions were really, really hard. Students would have to compare two unrelated texts and infer information about a third topic. Staff and students just looked at it in confusion. The Common Core standards are the reason though. They demand very high expectations from students, that are not reasonable for the vast majority. If a student is not a very strong reader at least one or two grades above average, the test is a painful struggle.

7th grade ELA results were at the top this past testing year. just food for thought

Keep in mind that ELA tests also include questions related to historical, scientific and technical documents. So unless the schools realize that teaching literacy is a cross-curricular responsibility, scores won't jump.