February 18, 2015

Difficulties with typing and time allotted, cited

by Ariana Cherry
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter

There wasn’t much good to be said for the new standardized test that is slated to replace both the ISAT and PSAE this spring at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s monthly school board meeting last Wednesday.
“The tests are time consuming. It takes a lot of preparation and scheduling. All the tests are done online, and we have 27 computers, 37 Chrome Books. We test over an eight day period in grades three through eight. The longest test is 90 minutes and the average is 55,” explained Atwood principal Lindsay Blickenstaff.
As explained on the PARCC (www.parcc.pearson.com) website, PARCC came about through a group of states working together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in college and in their careers. The assessments are in mathematics, English language and literature and are designed to replace both the elementary school ISAT and high school PSAE and are built on the new common core standards.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.