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The controversial standardized tests known as PARCC could be on their way out after this spring. The Illinois State Board of Education plans to request…
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The Illinois State Board of Education says it will no longer administer the Partnership for the Achievement of Readiness for College and Careers…
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Should kids be allowed to skip standardized tests? In Illinois, children already have the right to refuse to take, for example, the PARCC test, associated…
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News director Sean Crawford quizzes me about what the just-released preliminary PARCC scores do -- and do not -- say about Illinois students.
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Illinois students will get a hint about how they scored on the PARCC test — the standardized test based on the Common Core — when statewide results are…
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Our next-door-neighbor state has legally ended its relationship with the curriculum associated with Common Core.…
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School administrators are typically too polite to say “Told ya so!” but they have every right to when it comes to the PARCC test -- the new standardized…
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A measure pending in the Illinois legislature would give parents the right to have their children skip the standardized test associated with the Common…
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Different states have incorporated Common Core standards in different ways. Illinois students will begin taking the related test, called PARCC, next…
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Parents and educators alike have been questioning the increasing number of standardized tests now required in public schools. A measure filed by Illinois…