Among other changes, schools in Common Core–adopting states will be required to administer online assessments — developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the ...

As you surely know by now, the Common Core State Standards in language arts and math were designed to get students to engage in problem solving, communicate effectively, and think more critically.

Two colleges in Colorado and the members of the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents are using the Common Core-based PARCC exam, also known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness ...

Many states will receive results from assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards for the first time this fall. These assessments of students' progress, developed by the Smarter ...

TEST YOURSELF: Questions abound over how and whether the new Common Core assessments, currently in development by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and ...

Meanwhile, the two main common-core assessment groups—the aforementioned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium—are ...

The outreach program, commonly referred to as the Smarter Balanced Assessment, is a method of grading students on college readiness in math and English as part of the new Common Core State ...

North College Hill schools had a problem: WhileCommon Coretesting was moving online through thePartnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careersassessment, teachers faced a dearth of ...

Between 2010 and 2012, more than 40 states adopted the Common Core standards in reading and math, setting dramatically higher expectations for students in our elementary and secondary schools.

Neither snow nor activists put a stop to the next round of assessment tests associated with the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. PARCC tests, which are replacing ...

With the approach of online assessments, three districts are tackling the challenge Online assessments are a key part of the Common Core State Standards, but these new assessments don’t come without ...

The second testing group, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, is still setting benchmarks for each performance level and has not released any results.