PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers)
A former multi-state testing consortium for Common Core-aligned tests; few states still use it.
- Stands for
- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
- Used in
- United States
- Topic
- Assessment
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Related terms
- Smarter Balanced United States
- A consortium whose computer-adaptive tests of ELA and maths are used by several states.
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