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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some ways in which the PARCC test is inherently bad, but one reason a lot of states have dumped it is that it is HARD and it is difficult for them (politically and otherwise) to accept and pay for a test on which many of their their students have low scores. [/quote]

In some ways, PARCC is not appropriate for ages at which it is aimed.  Also, it's a gigantic experiment, so who's to say whether it really identifies those who are college/career ready?  If you were sitting for a test in French, and I gave you a test in Russian, or half Russian/half pig Latin, would the test be "hard"?  Or would it be a waste of time?[/quote]

The only link to a study of PARRC and the other two tests above on this chain actually found them to be fairly effective as I read it.  There is no indication that they are as off as giving a test in the wrong language.  I have two children that have taken the tests, they have done very well.  Top of their actual grade in their school and better than 99 percent of the country in most cases.  My middle schooler is also a straight A student (the younger doesn’t have letter grades yet).  It may be hard, it may be harder than it should be for the grade but it is not the equivalent of testing Russian in pig Latin.  These extremist reactions make it impossible to talk about how to improve the tests.  I completely admit there were problems and growing pains in implementation and to the extent they are wrong there may be kids that are on track to college readiness that don’t do well.  But I don’t buy that they are not testing depth of knowledge.[/quote]

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