Hanna Skandera Is Now PARCC Chair. There Was No Press Release.
Hanna Skandera
At some point in November 2015, it seems that New Mexico Education Secretary Hanna Skandera replaced Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester as the floundering, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) governing chair.
Even the PARCC website includes no press release concerning the Skandera-Chester switch. However, one press release, dated November 12, 2015, and entitled, “PARCC Introduces New Testing Options for More States,” hints that the switch was coming:
States that make up the Governing Board of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) are expanding their offering in to allow more states to participate in the nations premiere assessment system.Hanna Skandera, New Mexico Secretary of Education, speaking on behalf of the PARCC Governing Board said, “The states worked together to develop the highest-quality test the country has ever had. We now want to ensure that as many educators and students as possible can benefit from the work we’ve done.” [Emphasis added.]
The timing of the PARCC announcement about “new options for accessing high quality testing items” is noteworthy. That same day– November 12, 2015– Chesterofficially announced his proposal that Massachusetts create a MCAS-PARCC Hanna Skandera Is Now PARCC Chair. There Was No Press Release. | deutsch29: