Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
New York is one of 16 governing states that will lead the 25-state partnership in the development of a K-12 assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $170 million Race to the Top (RTTT) grant to PARCC to develop a common assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards. The assessments will be developed and tested over the next several years. The goals of PARCC are to:
- Build a pathway to college and career readiness
- Construct assessments that enable cross-state comparisons
- Create better assessments
- Make better use of technology in assessments
- Match investments in testing with investments in teaching
PARCC has released draft Model Content Frameworks in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. The purpose of the model content frameworks is to:
- Identify the big ideas in the Common Core State Standards for each grade level
- Help determine the focus for the various PARCC assessment components
- Support the development of the PARCC assessment blueprints