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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you seen the practice tests? [b]It is very easy to miss a few questions and just miss a 4 or 5 score[/b]. It doesn't mean that the student is behind. When I looked at it, there were questions that I wasn't sure about on the elementary test. [/quote]

This just isn't true.  Have you seen the score reports?  Sure, at some point, you will miss a question that drops the score from a 5 to a 4.   But it's not a couple question difference.

The PARCC isn't rocket science.  A reasonably bright kid who is being taught what they are supposed to be taught (and who takes the test seriously) should get a 4.  No question.  
If he/she isn't there is a major problem at the instructional level.

I have 3 kids who have taken the PARCC for 4 years each (with strong teachers at a JKLM) and their score percentages are very similar year-after-year down to about 5 percentage points.   I've discussed the results with many friends.   The over-achieving kids we have or know always get 5's.  The kids who struggle in school (for whatever reason) sometimes get 3's.   The majority of kids get 4's.  If a kid has sat through the instruction all year and the instruction has encompassed the standards for the year a kid without learning a learning disability should get a 4 without any issue at all (unless the kid blows off the test).

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