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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is long but summarizes the state of snake oil test sales and includes discussion of ELA on PARCC: [url]http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2018/09/still-pushing-parcc.html[/url]

Includes this comment re Maryland:
[quote]I live in MD. We have CC and PARCC. Our Governor doesn't like PARCC because the parents are unhappy, so we will be dumping PARCC for a computer adaptive test that aligns better to our curriculum and takes less time. New Meridian will likely be the vendor.....guess who owns PARCC?.....New Meridian. Rebranding is all that we will get. The Governor knows it and he thinks we're all too stupid to figure this out.[/quote][/quote]

Here's more info on this - http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2017/04/parcc_smarter_balanced_choose_new_management.html
PARCC and Smarter Balanced Choose New Management 
from 2017

I have never really understood the "consortium" thing.

[quote]The PARCC consortium has chosen a new nonprofit to manage the business of maintaining and administering its test: New Meridian Corp., a brand-new organization led by people from various strands of the assessment world.

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PARCC leaders told Education Week that the agreement with New Meridian reflects two years of discussions with states to reshape itself to respond best to their needs. New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera, who chairs PARCC's governing board, called the agreement with New Meridian "a culminating moment" of PARCC's transition to an organizational model that prioritizes flexibility, educator input, state leadership, and quality test design. [/quote]

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