Our continuing coverage of the PARCC testing controversy in New Jersey schools.
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PARCC testing underway: Will NJ students opt out in droves again?
A year ago, the first time PARCC tests counted, widespread confusion, concern and anger led many students to sit out the test at the urging of their parents.
PARCC test is ‘all about the money,’ opponent says
Some parents, teachers and the head of the New Jersey Education Association are expressing frustration and disappointment after a special commission appointed by Gov. Chris Christie announced a series of education recommendations about the PARCC test.
Make PARCC mandatory to graduate, Christie commission says
Students should have to take the controversial test to graduate, and should be required to pass it starting with the class of 2021, the report says.
Christie: PARCC is more accurate, still needs changes (WATCH)
A week after results were released on PARCC testing, showing many NJ students are behind in math and English, Gov. Chris Christie said the results provide a more accurate assessment than previous tests, but changes will still need to be made before the tests are given again next year.
NJEA head on PARCC: NJ parents shouldn’t expect good news
NJEA President, Wendell Steinhauer joined Deminski & Doyle in studio yesterday to discuss the results of the PARCC Test for NJ students.
There was a great debate in the months leading up to the PARCC testing by parents and educators alike as to whether New Jersey should be one of the seven states to take part in the testing. Pa...
Should PARCC be parked?
Preliminary data from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test has been released by the Jersey Education Department and the results show less than half of New Jersey students in ninth, 10th and 11th grade met or exceeded grade level expectations in English and math, while kids in grades three through eight only did marginally better...
Initial Common Core goals unfulfilled as results trickle in
Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected, though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing.
Test results won’t weigh more heavily on teacher grades yet
New Jersey education officials say schools will not ramp up the use of standardized test results when evaluating teachers in the coming school year.
NJ Assemblyman -- Common Core is not the problem
Officials with the New Jersey Department of Education announced Wednesday that committees would be formed to look into changes to the Common Core. On Thursday, the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee criticized the move and said the state was addressing the wrong issue.
NJ Common Core changes not expected until Fall 2016
Officials at a state Board of Education meeting made it clear Wednesday that committees would be formed solely to review the Common Core's two education standards, and that New Jersey parents waiting for changes should not expect them before the start of the 2016-2017 school year.