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Our school district has changed over. The woman in charge of the test wasnt at all knowlegable on the test or why our district switched. I have heard horrible commets about this test. Please dont respond unless you have accurate information. Thank you.
I have lots of accurate information....just not on this subject.
Does that make it okay to respond?
Our teachers also have no idea. The kids take it in a month. It is a ____@____.com I respond to anything I feel like.
I know this isn't what you asked for, but they have a pretty good website. Have you looked at their parent resource page?
http://parcconline.org/for-parents
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Instead of listening to gossip go to the school/district website for accurate and current information. You can also go to school board meetings and listen and ask questions, these are open to the public.
The best way to know exactly what is going on is to BE INVOLVED.
What an insult to any person to respond to your post.
Hmmm..... How about researching for yourself like most parents do!! Duh!
Dozen bouquets to Julie S.
for your child to succeed on the PARCC test he or she must be computer savvy, be able to type essays and have stamina to work for what could be several hours. Many of us (elem teachers) are writing letters to the schools to opt our own kids out of taking the tests. Your school would be crazy to use the scores from the very new, untested, controversial PARRC to determine who gets into a program. Again if your child is great on the computer and at grade level, no problem
A friend of mine (our sons are in 4th grade together) has written a letter to opt her kid out. She has seen the sample test and was appalled with what she saw - she said the math portion alone was not to grade level and she didn't want to subject her son to taking something that was poorly put together that he would most likely do bad on (and he's a smart kid). She said the state of NJ can mandate that the schools give the test, but legally they cannot mandate that her kid has to take it against her wishes - she consulted multiple attorneys about it.
My concern is the grades that used the previous NJASK test as part of the determining factors for getting into something like advanced math. I don't know what effect opting out would have, other than instead of hitting three of five marks they would have to hit three of four (less wiggle room for having a bad day or something).
