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: admin | Filed under: Education, New Jersey | Tags: Common Core, Education, New Jersey, PARCC, PARCC tests | 1 Comment »
HOBOKEN — 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: admin | Filed under: Education, New Jersey | Tags: Common Core, New Jersey, PARCC, PARCC tests, Pearson Education, Standardized tests | 1 Comment »
A month before New Jersey is to start controversial new state testing aligned to the Common Core State Standards, Gov. Chris Christie muddied the waters this week when he said he now has “grave concerns” about the standards he previously endorsed and which his administration is busy promoting. Speaking at a GOP…
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