TRENTON – The bad news continues to pile up for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) with the move by New Mexico to end the use of PARCC exams in the state after the spring 2019 tests.
The consortium was established in 2010 with federal funding aimed at the development of K-12 assessments based on Common Core state standards. PARCC began with 24 states and the District of Columbia. New Mexico is the latest in a string of states to withdraw, leaving only Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.
A recent New Jersey Appellate Court ruling stopped the state from moving ahead with its announced plan to require students to pass PARCC exams in English and Algebra as a condition of high school graduation.
Many in the education community are questioning whether or not PARCC has enough support left to maintain itself as a going concern. The consortium is trying to transition to a model that would allow states to license parts of the PARCC exams in order to blend the questions in with state-developed tests.
New Jersey has announced its desire to migrate away from PARCC. Speed may be necessary to ensure an orderly transition to another assessment model. PARCC’s pocketbook has taken a number of hits.
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