This article entitled "Common-Core Assessment Consortium Ponders Meaning of 'College Readiness", published in July 2012 in Education Week, discusses current debate on what it actually means to be college-ready. The debate in this instance centers around what scores on the PARCC assessments will denote "college-readiness" and how those scores translate into the level of achievement in college that a student is likely to experience based on their PARCC scores.
Between the lines are issues of standardized testing and lowering of standards, never mind the hidden impact of race and poverty on these scores. Can PARCC scores predict college achievement? Are they the only measure of college readiness?!?
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