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PARCC

c/oAchieve

140016th

StreetNWSuite510WashingtonDC,20036(202)4191540

www.achieve.org/PARCC

PARCCGoverningStatesArizona

Arkansas

DistrictofColumbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

NewJersey

NewYork

Oklahoma

RhodeIsland

Tennessee

PARCCParticipatingStatesAlabama

California

Colorado

Delaware

Kentucky

Mississippi

NorthDakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

SouthCarolina

NEWSSTATEMENTCONTACT:SandyBoyd,(202)4191542,sboyd@achieve.org

NEWJERSEYANDOKLAHOMABECOMEGOVERNINGBOARDSTATESINTHEPARCCASSESSMENTCONSORTIUM

NewJerseyandOklahomajoin13otherstatestoprovideleadershipinthedesignanddevelopmentofthePARCCassessmentsystemWASHINGTONApril15,2011ThePartnershipforAssessmentofReadinessfor

CollegeandCareers(PARCC)ispleasedtoannouncethatNewJerseyand

OklahomahavebecomethemostrecentstatestojointhePARCCGoverning

Board.BothstateswerealreadyactiveParticipatingStates,andbybecoming

GoverningBoardStatesareassumingmoreleadershipwithinthe25state

alliance.

StatecollaborationisahallmarkoftheconsortiumandPARCCwillbenefit

greatlyfromtheadditionofNewJerseyandOklahomatotheGoverningBoard,

saidMitchellChester,CommissionerofEducationinMassachusettsandChairof

thePARCCGoverningBoard.

ThePartnershipsassessmentsystemwillmeasureanambitioussetofK12

learninggoalsanchoredintheCommonCoreStateStandards(CCSS). PARCCs

highschoolassessmentswillbedevelopedincollaborationwithhighereducation

andwillsignaltostudentswhethertheyarereadyforentrylevelcollegecourses.

ThePARCCassessmentswillalsobecomputerbasedinordertomaximize

technologyanddeliverfasterturnaroundofstudentresults. Finally,statesin

PARCCwilladoptcommonperformancestandardsthatwillallowpolicymakersto

compareresultsacrossstates.

"It'sexcitingthatOklahomawillhavealeadingvoiceatthetableasPARCCworks

todevelopassessmentstiedtotheCommonCore,"saidOklahomaState

SuperintendentJanetBarresi."OurworkwillhelpensurethatPARCCassessments

delivermeaningfulinformationbacktotheclassroomquickly,soteacherscanput

ittouseandimproveinstruction."

WearepleasedtojointhePARCCGoverningBoard.NewJerseyislooking

forwardtoworkingwithotherleadingreformstatestodevelopanassessment

system,alignedtoourhighstandards,thatpreparesallstudentsforcollegeand

careers,saidNewJerseysActingCommissionerChristopherCerf.

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140016th

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www.achieve.org/PARCC

ThePARCCGoverningBoardiscomprisedoftheK12chiefstateschoolofficerfromeachGoverning

State.TheGoverningBoardmeetsquarterlytoconsiderinputfromallPARCCstatesandtomakemajor

policyandoperationaldecisionsonbehalfofPARCC,includingdecisionsrelatedtotheoveralldesignoftheassessmentsystem.

FormoreinformationaboutPARCCsee,www.achieve.org/PARCC

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PARCCisanallianceof25statesworkingtogethertodevelopcommonassessmentsservingmorethan31million

studentsnearly63%ofK12studentsattendingAmericanpublicschool.PARCCsworkisfundedthroughafour

year,$185milliondollargrantfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEducation.Partnersincludeabout200highereducation

institutionsand systems representingnearly1,000 campusesacross the country thatwillhelpdevelop thehigh

school componentof thenewassessmentand thenput it togooduseasan indicatorof student readiness.

PARCC is ledby itsmember statesandmanagedbyAchieve,anonprofitgroupwitha15year track recordof

workingwithstatesto improvestudentachievementbyaligningK12educationpolicieswiththeexpectationsof

employersandthepostsecondarycommunity. PARCCsultimategoal istomakesureallstudentsgraduatefrom

highschoolcollege andcareerready.