Thousands of parents across the country and here in Illinois are concerned about Common Core standards, PARCC testing on those standards, and the accumulation and storage of their children’s personal ...

What it is: The state Department of Education sent to districts at the end of the school year the “CCSS Implementation Curriculum Evaluation Tool” to ensure they would have language arts and math ...

Superintendent Trisha Kocanda of Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois has written what could be called a “warning” letter to parents, community members and district staff about the PARCC Common Core ...

The Illinois State Board of Education is considering revamping the controversial standardized test known as PARCC after using it once more in its current form this spring. PARCC, which stands for ...

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a federally funded testing consortium aligned with Common Core, is in the spotlight once again. Though it administered the ...