by Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Only about 36 percent of Rhode Island students in grades 3 to 10 who took a new standardized test met expectations in English and a quarter of students met the math benchmark.
Education Commissioner Ken Wagner released the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exam results on Tuesday, eight months after about 75,000 public school students took it for the first time.
Wagner says the PARCC results track closely with previous assessments and college-readiness rates, confirming that “we have work to do.”
It’s designed to show how well schools helped students meet Common Core standards.
Some parents argue it’s too difficult.
State regulations say that taking the test will be a requirement to graduate high school starting with the class of 2020.
Wagner is revisiting that requirement.
