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[quote=Anonymous]The only requirement I can see in MD for kids to pass the PARCC for a diploma is high school students will need to pass English 10 and Algebra I to get a high school diploma.

If they don't pass in 10th grade, they will still have 2 years and if they still can't pass the state board of ed will allow some other type of portfolio project to let the kids squeak by.

This does not seem horribly onerous, and in the past kids have had to pass the Maryland HSA anyhow.   So I don't know that the fact that the tests might be a bit harder is a huge big deal.

http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81700381/

The Maryland state school board voted this summer to replace the 10th-grade English and Algebra I High School Assessments — graduation requirements since 2009 — with new tests tied to the Common Core curriculum that are expected to be more difficult to pass. This year's approximately 125,000 ninth- and 10th-graders would be the first to have to pass the tests by the end of their senior years.

Teachers, local school boards and some superintendents say they support using the new tests — known by the acronym PARCC, which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. But they want the state to put off making them a graduation requirement for several years.

"I am against having students in the current ninth grade being held accountable," said Baltimore County school Superintendent Dallas Dance, who has expressed his concerns to state Superintendent Lillian Lowery.

[b]The state has said that if students fail the two new PARCC tests in English 10 and Algebra I, they will still have two years to retake the tests before they graduate. Those who fail can still graduate if they do an acceptable project — an option that has been in place since the High School Assessments became a graduation requirement. Few students in Maryland have failed to graduate because of the current tests.[/b]

"This year's PARCC test will not be used for accountability for this year's seniors. In the meantime, Dr. Lowery and the Maryland State Department of Education are developing some ideas for the state board to consider in the coming months," said Bill Reinhard, a spokesman for the Maryland State Department of Education. Lowery has been talking to superintendents in the past several weeks about their concerns, he said.[/quote]

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