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NJ’s Decision to Stick with PARCC Puts It Among Small Minority of States

As arguments over the state’s participation in PARCC rage on, it appears as if New Jersey’s reliance on the standardized tests is making it increasingly isolated. New Jersey is now just one of seven states, along with Washington, D.C., that is slated to give at least some version of the PARCC language arts and math in… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: November 13th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Education, New Jersey | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

PARCC exams: How Pearson landed the deal to produce N.J.’s biggest test

Pearson-sign+bldg-1200x900HOBOKEN — In 1844, Samuel Pearson and his family started a small building firm to make bricks and lay sewer pipes in rapidly growing cities in northern England. More than 170 years later, Pearson is making money building something new — standardized tests. The British corporation is the company behind PARCC, the controversial new exams New… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: March 22nd, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Education, New Jersey | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Pivotal Questions Await Answers as School Bells Ring in New Jersey

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Posted: September 3rd, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Education | Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »