Maryland is replacing PARCC

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[Post New]09/16/2018 10:04
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Back in the dark ages, our standardized tests lasted 2-3 hours. Why are days of testing necessary to get some useful insight?
[Post New]09/16/2018 10:17
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Anonymous wrote:Smarter Balanced is losing states too. Most states are now choosing to go it alone and develop their own - which seems a ridiculous use of resources to me.

This is a good summary of the state of testing nationwide funded by the Hewlett Foundation https://education-first.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Education-First-What-Happened-To-State-Tests-Feb-2018-1.pdf


It's all ridiculous - the whole point of the tests was to align state assessments. States didn't like the results of the tests and quit. I agree that there are plenty of ways PARCC could be criticized - but it seems much more productive to advocate around changes we'd like to see in PARCC than to drop the test all together and take years to implement/norm to a new test.
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