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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I’m not asking that DCPS abandon the standards as the standards are quite well written. I’m asking that the testing PARCC format be changed. Have you ever taken a PARCC practice test? It’s illogical and requires students to know how to toggle between tiny testing windows, drag & drop, highlight, etc. Most states have recognized that PARCX test not only your child’s typing skills and computer skills informally but it formally tests your ELA/Math skills. The test should only be formally assessing ELA/MATH not informally assessing technology skills. It also stands to reason that most states have poorer districts who may not have a lot of technology equipment to purchase so that their students can practice.

Again, I stand by my previous complaint that DCPS should not continue with PARCC when everyone else has jumped ship. [/quote]

NAEP is now done online, as is Smarter Balanced. Even the Iowa Test, which was the standardized tests I grew up taking in flhyover country in the 1970s is now given online.

College Board and ACT are thinking about moving in that direction too.

I'd rather my kids get used to this brave new world in elementary school when it is low stakes than encounter it for the first time later.

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PP, you clearly aren’t comprehending well. Reading skills are so fundamental. I did not advocate for paper and pencil testing as those days are over. I am advocating for a user for friendly and developmentally appropriate state assessment. No one is scared of testing but if you *truly* want your children to succeed you’d be advocating for the same thing.....instead of pushing your children into experimental foolishness.[/quote]

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