By Valerie Strauss | The Washington Post Peter Bavis, District 202′s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, gave a detailed and sobering analysis of the state’s poor planning for this school year’s first-ever administration of the PARCC, which he said raises enormous questions about the validity of the tests and the scores that are to come. He said in part: “The PARCC test is neither valid nor reliable as a measure. And the reason for that is that it has never been given to a large population. So we’re paying to have a private testing company norm their instrument on the backs of Illinois students. That’s a big problem.” - Read More |
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