by Stephanie Bearce Years ago if a child asked a teacher the meaning of a word, the teacher’s automatic answer was “Look it up in the dictionary.” Now the temptation is to say “Google it.” The internet is here to stay and with it comes a plethora of information sites, access to online magazines, eBooks, [...]
November 11, 2011
Assessments Affect Common Core Standards: PARCC
It’s one thing to create Common Core State Standards; it’s another to assess students taught with those standards. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is concerned with assessment and has just publically released the PARCC Model Content Frameworks in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. The Model Content Frameworks serve two [...]
