Transition to Next Generation Assessment Systems for NJ Schools

Transition to Next Generation Assessment Systems for NJ Schools

The New Jersey Department of Education has recently become an active partner of PARCC. PARCC, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of states. The goal with this consortium is to create and build a common group of assessments in English and math for college students in kindergarten through senior year of secondary school and also to supply a benchmark to make certain students are stored on pace to have core skills to reach your goals in college and/or their respective careers.

These new K-12 assessments will develop a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of secondary school, mark students’ progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and supply teachers with timely information to share with instruction and supply student support. The PARCC assessments will likely be ready for states to administer throughout the 2014-15 school year. PARCC received …

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