BOSTON (CBS) - Starting next week, more than half of all elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts will begin taking the new PARCC test. This is a pilot program as officials decide if the ...

The PARCC test is a combination of assessments used in measuring the readiness of students for college and their future career. The test is a computer based exam that is categorized under the K-12 ...

The Illinois State Board of Education is considering revamping the controversial standardized test known as PARCC after using it once more in its current form this spring. PARCC, which stands for ...

TRENTON-- In what New Jersey is calling an unprecedented look inside its state exams, more than 800 test questions from the math and English tests students took last spring are now available online, ...

Kudos to Education Week for your investigation of the 2014-15 PARCC test scores that were disproportionately lower when taken online, compared with the paper test (“PARCC Scores Lower on Computer ...

Recently the Colorado Department of Education released the first-ever scores from the new PARCC tests, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, the new standardized tests for ...

Many teachers, students and parents have railed about Illinois’ math and reading exams for third- through eighth-graders. The tests, known as PARCC, are long and hard. Many students don’t pass.

A select group of Maryland students are trying out the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers test, which is tied to the Common Core Standards.Mobile users tap here to watch ...

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests begin Monday for thousands of New Mexican students and there are some changes to the exam this year.This is the second year for ...

The new PARCC tests are computerized rather than the traditional pencil-and-paper bubble tests. (South Jersey Times file photo) After reading The Times' editorial, "PARCC test rollout ranks among N.J.