Changes

This year is bringing many changes. Ohio has adopted Ohio's New Learning Standards. The way that fourth graders are assessed will also look very different from what you experienced last year. I think it is important to make you aware of these changes. I am planning on spending one night a week (for the next few months) on the blog talking about these new ideas.

Tonight I thought I would take it easy and just give you a website. The website will take you to PARCC online. PARCC is the group creating the new assessments that fourth graders will take this year. Here is a brief description of PARCC that comes directly from their website:

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is 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 their careers. These high quality, computer-based K–12 assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy give teachers, schools, students, and parents better information whether students are on track in their learning and for success after high school, and tools to help teachers customize learning to meet student needs. The PARCC assessments will be ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year.

If you do go to the site, it will appear that PARCC is an online test. This is the case, but this year our fourth graders will be taking a pencil paper version of the test. I hope that this information helps. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me and I will try to answer them the best I can.

Hope you are having a great week.