PARCC
(pARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS)
We have gotten requests for resources specifically around PARCC (Pearson’s Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) and the growing resistance to these high-stakes tests that assess the Common Core State Standards.
ARTICLES
STATISTICS AND FACT SHEETS
WEBSITES DEVOTED TO TESTING
SAMPLE LETTERS TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PAARC TESTS
ARTICLES
- Elementary School Teachers: How PARCC Testing is Affecting Our Classroom; Framingham, Massachusetts, The Answer Sheet at The Washington Post, March 23, 2015.
- Why Our Kids Don’t Like School Anymore: Huffington Post article and video by Michael Elliot,a public school parent from Brooklyn, New York, May 4, 2015.
- Parents Revolt Against New Standarized PARCC Test in New Jersey. February, 2015.
STATISTICS AND FACT SHEETS
- Ten reasons to refuse the PARCC test for your child in Maryland, Feb. 2015
- PARCC Fact sheets in English and Spanish, Citizens for Public Schools
- The 12 Reasons We Oppose the PARCC test, Save Our Schools New Jersey. New Jersey parents revolt against new standardized PARCC test
- How High-Stakes Standarized Testing is Harming Our Children's Mental Health, Parents Across America, January, 2016.
WEBSITES DEVOTED TO TESTING
- FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
- United Opt Out: http://www.unitedoptout.com
SAMPLE LETTERS TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PAARC TESTS
- Letter to community re second year of PAARC - by Blakely Bundy, Winnetka, IL April, 2016.
- Sample letter to the community, raising PAARC concerns – by Blakely Bundy, Winnetka, IL, February, 2015.
- School superintendent writes warning letter to parents about PARCC. Covered by Valerie Strauss in The Answer Sheet, the Washington Post, January, 2015.