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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]MCPS would not tweak the tests. The test designers would tweak the tests.[/quote]

I don't think this is true. PARCC has already been tested and adopted in other systems and states. MCPS isn't going to influence the test designers to reopen its design based on their findings. Its a nationwide test not a Maryland test like the MSA. The only thing MCPS could be testing with the sample group is whether their curriculum prepares students for the tests. The only thing they can tweak is test prep or what they teach.

Since MCPS has been crowing for years now that 2.0 is all about PARCC, they should be forthcoming with the results of the test. I hope a local newspaper or parent group files to make the data publicly available and hidden by MCPS as they try to find a spin on it. [/quote]

This is comprehensively wrong. No other systems or states have adopted the PARCC tests yet, because the PARCC tests aren't ready yet. The PARCC tests are being tested right now -- nationwide. MCPS is part of this nationwide test of the PARCC tests.

PARCC says:

[i]In spring 2014, the PARCC Field Test will be administered to over one million students across PARCC states. The PARCC Field Test represents a critical milestone in PARCC’s work toward building assessments for the 2014-15 school year and will give students and local educators the opportunity to experience the administration of PARCC assessments. The Field Test will be conducted in a random selection of schools across PARCC states. The sample of students in the selected schools will represent the demographics of each state and PARCC as a whole.[/i]

http://www.parcconline.org/field-test

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