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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PARCC tests were better than the previous state-written assessments. And now here we are, back to new and different [b]state-written assessments[/b].[/quote]

You didn't read or understand the article. The state is not writing the test--they are looking for vendors to write the test or propose already existing tests.[/quote]

Ah. So, we're replacing one vendor-written test with another vendor-written test.[/quote]

Either way doesn't matter to me.  PARCC needed to go as it was based on the belief that everyone should and could go to college, NCLB bullshit. If you read the documentation for PARCC, "career" ready is just another way of saying "college"--careers, not jobs. As the article states, I agree with educators that believe the[b] new test should be adaptive and test grade-level material[/b].  It should be able to assess if a child is below, at, or above grade level and quickly get that information to teachers/schools so that the information is useful.  [/quote]

Adaptive and test grade level material?  I'm not sure how that would work, if the student doesn't know the grade level material it would "adapt" by going lower, therefore no longer testing grade level material and vice versa.  It is also very difficult to make comparisons between students if the test is adaptive and changes for each student.  Adaptive tests are great for measuring individual growth and seeing what students know, however they are not great for comparisons- Larla's 100% is not equivalent to Billy's 100% because they each had different questions measuring different outcomes. [/quote]

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