The workforce has changed dramatically in just one generation. Graduates are no longer competing with peers in their town or their state. The global economy has increased the talent pool for every job ...

The PARCC test is a combination of assessments used in measuring the readiness of students for college and their future career. The test is a computer based exam that is categorized under the K-12 ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Starting next week, more than half of all elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts will begin taking the new PARCC test. This is a pilot program as officials decide if the ...

ALEXANDRIA TWP. — A class of eighth-graders at Alexandria Middle School was graded on a practice PARCC test this spring, and Superintendent Matthew Jennings says that was appropriate. The assessment, ...

PARCC stands for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. The partnership part refers to the fact that several states, including Colorado, banded together to develop the ...

CLEMENTON – Sometimes reporters have to ask the tough questions. If C(4) = 398, then how much do "x" number of sunglasses cost? Sometimes reporters have to answer them. Courier-Post readers challenged ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized how the Council of Chief State School Officers came to possess PARCC test questions. Before it disbanded, the PARCC consortium ...

The PARCC consortium approved Wednesday a redesigned Common Core test that will be 90 minutes shorter than the current 10- to 11-hour-long assessment. The revised test will be used in the 2015-2016 ...