PARCC Testing Remains in Effect Until 2022 - 2023

New Jersey has made a big decision on controversial school testing. And it's a decision that may not go over well.
Even though Gov. Phil Murphy promised to work to get rid of PARCC on "day one" of his administration, state officials have come up with yet another new timeline to junk the controversial standardized assessment.
The state Department of Education said it won't get rid of PARCC until 2022 – at the earliest – because it needs the time to look for a suitable replacement for standardized testing in the state. The Murphy administration has a new timeline (see below).

The DOE, which has struggled to find a replacement, provided on Wednesday an updated timeline on the "transition to the next generation assessments."
"The department aims to maintain high academic standards, support districts to provide
students with an equitable access to a high-quality education, and ensure the state assessment system evolves incrementally and fairly," the DOE sad.


What were described as "major milestones" of the department's PARCC-replacement timeline include:

• 2019-20: NJDOE issues requests for proposals for the new generation of assessments
• 2021-22: Field test the next generation of assessments in grades 3-9, and administer the 11th grade graduation assessment (by court order, the NJDOE is required to administer an 11th grade graduation assessment for the Class of 2023 and beyond).
• 2022-23: Full implementation of the next generation of assessments.

The update to the state Board of Education came with the understanding that elements of the plan may need to be adjusted because of "variables throughout the procurement and implementation process," the DOE said.
As implementation progresses, the NJDOE will continue to seek the input of more than 2,000 students, teachers and school officials, along with working groups that included educators from 151 districts in all 21 counties, according the the department.


The PARCC tests have been a source of controversy since they began. Many parents have chosen to have their children opt out of the test because they consider the form of testing unfair, and they've protested attempts to use it as a graduation requirement.
David Hespe, New Jersey's former commissioner of education, said five years ago that more than half of New Jersey's kids are not ready for college based on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test.
In January of 2018, Murphy said he planned to follow through on his campaign promise to end the controversial PARCC test, and he took the first step in his plans to do so.
Murphy asked Lamont Repollet, the education commissioner, to "end the failed experiment that has been PARCC testing." Murphy said he wanted Repollet to "create new, more effective and less class time-intrusive means for measuring student assessment" than PARCC, which began five years ago and effectively replaced NJ ASK as the universal standardized student test.
Murphy words echoed what he said on the campaign trail, when he told NJEA leaders during a conference that "I will eliminate PARCC." He even suggested on the campaign trail that, perhaps, there will be no replacement, saying he wants to return to "student-centered" teaching..

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